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: 141701	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97021	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98582	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91047
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93994	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94484	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88081	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98893
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97933	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99257	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99199	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98792
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99331	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99129	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99649	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97529
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107522	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107713	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107225	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115952
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106187	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103681	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101968	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99876
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97360	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121925

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease