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: 128083	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86665	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88072	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78875
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81834	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81997	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75867	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87485
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86710	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87862	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88067	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87548
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88348	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88011	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88014	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86218
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90694	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91302	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90811	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98280
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94390	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91985	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90627	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88486
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86300	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110073

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease