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: 123139	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83268	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84598	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75065
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: 84028
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83363	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84495	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84741	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84281
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84845	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84622	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84620	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82765
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86450	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86905	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86578	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93632
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90851	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88314	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87087	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84988
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: 105912

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease