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: 128062	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86648	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88056	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78848
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81815	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81980	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75850	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87459
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86688	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87847	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88053	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87524
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88327	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87993	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87991	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86195
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90668	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91270	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90779	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98245
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94369	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91967	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90600	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88466
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86282	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110056

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease