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: 123142	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83272	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84603	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75068
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77979	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78139	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72272	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84033
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83367	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84497	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84743	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84285
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84850	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84625	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: 82770
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86455	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86912	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86583	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93640
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90858	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88318	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87093	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84989
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82898	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105917

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease