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: 136863	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93525	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95047	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87569
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90647	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90935	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84471	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94920
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94102	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95296	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95383	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94790
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95438	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95106	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95507	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93462
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102067	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102279	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101778	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110150
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101967	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99491	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98045	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95905
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93409	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117393

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease