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: 122940	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83125	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84445	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74926
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77826	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77994	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72110	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83881
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83194	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84329	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84580	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84102
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84687	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84467	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84461	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82608
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86257	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86716	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86394	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93426
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90669	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88141	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86889	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84818
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82752	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105735

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease