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: 141573	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96923	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98490	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90950
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93896	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94387	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87982	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98789
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97832	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99154	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99099	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98676
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99239	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99025	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99545	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97396
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107391	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107561	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107097	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115800
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106092	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103567	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101860	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99782
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97263	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121829

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease