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: 139657	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95448	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96949	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89424
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92446	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92867	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86409	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97069
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96178	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97473	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97475	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96939
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97597	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97277	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97707	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95668
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105072	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105157	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104716	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113390
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104314	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101877	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100246	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98086
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95540	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119923

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease