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: 146209	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99864	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101577	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93597
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96694	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97137	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90496	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101788
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100816	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102168	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102063	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101663
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102183	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102076	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102523	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100361
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110495	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110678	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110381	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119267
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109455	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106899	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105100	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102817
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100269	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125701

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease