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: 119623	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80465	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72506
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75367	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75553	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69717	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81301
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80514	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81601	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82022	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81303
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82170	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81846	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81941	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80009
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83693	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84046	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83724	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90578
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87959	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85354	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84228	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82115
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80141	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102774

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease