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: 140924	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96429	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97945	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90440
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93448	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93899	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87489	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98186
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97254	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98608	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98551	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98145
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98713	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98482	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98927	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96788
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106723	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106794	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106318	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115050
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105475	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103032	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101342	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99221
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96659	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121224

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease