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: 129235	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87647	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89048	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81944
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84957	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85201	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78880	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88529
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87711	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88935	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89058	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88548
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89350	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88958	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89034	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87203
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94241	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94808	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94363	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102027
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95387	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92975	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91598	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89459
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87307	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110980

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease