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: 131506	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89564	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91079	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83888
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86928	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87198	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80847	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90573
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89816	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90966	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91114	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90517
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91235	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90899	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91060	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89149
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96927	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97324	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96829	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104723
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97369	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95013	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93608	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91516
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89261	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112886

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease