External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123128	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83256	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84590	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75059
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77967	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78125	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72257	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84015
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83349	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84475	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84726	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84271
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84831	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84616	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84608	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82753
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86428	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86894	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86568	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93619
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90838	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88306	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87073	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84979
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82882	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105908

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease