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: 117214	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78541	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70777
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73542	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73745	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68072	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79494
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78707	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79837	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80216	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79518
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80434	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79990	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80112	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78099
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81614	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81988	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81641	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88459
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86091	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83502	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82347	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80201
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78339	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100589

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease