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: 176060	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120579	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122793	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111856
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115435	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115856	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107240	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122224
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121219	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122091	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121768	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121401
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121949	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121936	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122933	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120529
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133194	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133733	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133323	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144993
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132273	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128983	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126947	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124063
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121018	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151932

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease