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: 123202	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83341	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84663	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75102
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78013	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78189	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72303	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84080
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83421	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84560	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84790	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84338
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84905	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84680	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84670	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82820
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86531	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86987	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86640	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93702
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90916	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88365	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87134	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85047
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82947	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105953

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease