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: 139437	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95286	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96800	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89265
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92304	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92679	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86224	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96897
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96001	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97291	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97303	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96757
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97435	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97088	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97509	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95475
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104811	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104869	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104474	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113125
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104101	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101659	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100075	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97908
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95362	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119694

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease