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: 129293	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87700	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89111	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82015
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85041	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85288	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78971	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88597
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87778	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88993	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89109	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88612
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89401	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89016	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89099	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87269
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94353	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94907	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94477	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102128
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95446	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93041	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91663	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89517
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87368	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111039

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease