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: 118641	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79665	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80949	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71765
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74603	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74764	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69024	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80572
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79805	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80893	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81236	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80546
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81474	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81113	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81171	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79214
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82835	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83208	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82869	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89712
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87145	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84564	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83443	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81347
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79407	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101804

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease