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: 127792	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86498	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87897	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78802
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81768	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81924	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75802	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87301
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86532	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87691	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87875	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87385
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88168	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87823	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87837	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86036
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90522	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91112	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90611	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98064
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94191	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91793	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90440	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88291
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86115	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109943

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease