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: 123137	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83264	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84594	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75063
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77974	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78134	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72265	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84023
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83357	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84490	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84737	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84279
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84842	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84621	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84618	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82760
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86445	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86904	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86577	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93626
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90848	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88313	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87083	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84986
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82893	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105911

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease