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: 143199	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97963	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99632	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91761
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94708	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95193	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88743	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99931
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98942	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100217	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100176	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99769
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100285	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100111	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100654	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98499
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108434	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108578	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108179	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116948
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107271	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104765	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103024	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100859
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98337	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122914

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease