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: 139366	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95219	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96744	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89194
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92249	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92613	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86154	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96837
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95953	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97240	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97243	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96696
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97366	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97031	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97451	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95432
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104718	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104779	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104391	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113036
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104022	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101589	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100008	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97830
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95298	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119618

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease