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: 118782	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79781	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81063	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71873
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74718	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74862	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69130	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80670
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79901	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80994	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81336	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80644
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81562	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81217	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81275	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79316
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82956	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83323	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82981	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89839
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87279	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84658	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83551	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81464
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79498	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101923

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease