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: 141521	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96883	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98458	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90908
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93855	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94347	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87932	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98748
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97777	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99122	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99060	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98632
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99202	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98980	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99508	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97345
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107338	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107467	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107038	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115746
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106041	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103534	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101826	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99740
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97217	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121787

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease