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: 119826	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80619	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81930	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72678
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75518	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75696	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69870	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81458
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80665	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81748	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82175	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81468
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82323	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82008	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82078	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80155
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83834	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84207	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83884	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90776
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88122	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85524	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84387	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82270
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80297	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102937

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease