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: 129251	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87660	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89060	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81957
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84977	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85223	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78902	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88549
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87730	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88948	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89069	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88565
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89367	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88976	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89056	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87221
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94263	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94834	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94379	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102046
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95404	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92993	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91615	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89469
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87322	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110995

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease