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: 145363	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99262	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100969	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93016
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96083	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96524	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89955	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101198
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100243	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101580	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101503	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101095
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101586	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101520	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101982	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99800
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109855	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110058	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109698	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118554
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108797	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106276	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104483	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102232
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99693	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124921

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease