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: 129131	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87558	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88953	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81800
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84826	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85055	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78723	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88422
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87624	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88825	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88952	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88457
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89259	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88878	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88938	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87105
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94030	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94631	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94182	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101850
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95287	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92897	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91499	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89363
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87209	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110908

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease