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: 140267	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95914	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97422	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89923
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92943	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93348	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86924	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97612
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96694	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98032	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97993	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97540
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98151	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97854	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98300	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96247
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105943	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105447	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114184
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104881	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102434	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100759	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98635
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96052	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120572

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease