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: 159620	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108076	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110076	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100817
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104143	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104686	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97181	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110264
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109159	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110469	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110198	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109903
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110431	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110341	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110996	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108726
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119763	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120120	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119691	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129974
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119130	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116029	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114122	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111521
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108685	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137989

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease