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: 138684	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94768	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96270	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88730
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91820	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92136	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85672	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96298
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95423	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96707	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96713	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96171
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96821	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96481	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96881	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94880
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103950	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104037	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103651	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112247
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103471	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101028	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99468	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97295
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94743	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119023

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease