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: 118852	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79835	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81123	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71921
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74774	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74920	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69173	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80716
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79945	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81045	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81382	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80695
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81605	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81258	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81325	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79366
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83024	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83368	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83043	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89898
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87333	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84719	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83600	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81519
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79549	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101987

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease