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: 127936	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86600	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87988	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78818
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81794	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81950	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75823	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87397
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86632	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87773	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87994	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87459
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88267	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87934	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87930	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86133
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90622	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91230	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90735	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98207
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94297	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91902	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90547	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88398
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86214	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110035

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease