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: 117132	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78479	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79699	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70711
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73477	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73678	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68016	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79425
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78630	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79772	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80136	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79441
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80358	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79912	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80040	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78032
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81535	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81886	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81576	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88383
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86008	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83416	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82268	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80133
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78269	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100491

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease