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: 140310	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95945	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97460	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89950
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92969	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93387	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86965	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97650
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96722	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98069	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98022	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97586
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98177	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97892	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98341	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96288
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105899	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105996	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105497	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114238
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104905	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102462	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100796	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98664
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96089	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120606

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease