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: 119689	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80515	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81829	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72563
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75430	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75607	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69775	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81351
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80562	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81638	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82070	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81356
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82223	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81907	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82000	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80050
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83748	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84104	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83781	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90647
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88011	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85413	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84270	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82168
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80195	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102845

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease