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: 135186	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92583	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94110	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86757
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89831	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90081	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83631	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93792
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92999	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94216	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94336	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93692
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94312	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93984	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94280	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92273
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100823	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101127	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100615	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108836
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100710	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98249	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96863	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94841
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92356	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115885

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease