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: 123146	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83277	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84606	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75073
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77981	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78143	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72274	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84037
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83370	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84500	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84745	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84288
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84852	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84628	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84623	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82774
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86459	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86915	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86587	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93643
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90866	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88321	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87095	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84992
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82899	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105917

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease