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: 114739	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76930	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78128	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69325
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72003	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72201	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66758	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77866
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77099	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78270	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78604	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77987
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78795	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78331	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78475	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76395
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80054	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80341	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79973	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86686
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84306	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81784	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80648	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78535
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76762	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98551

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease