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: 123170	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83306	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84636	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75088
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77994	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78166	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72289	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84055
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83393	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84528	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84766	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84308
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84879	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84652	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84640	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82799
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86493	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86950	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86617	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93671
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90892	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88339	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87115	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85017
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82918	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105932

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease