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: 140817	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96318	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97838	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90343
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93348	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93783	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87378	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98073
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97140	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98489	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98443	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98030
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98609	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98377	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98815	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96688
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106551	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106624	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106149	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114869
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105365	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102912	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101228	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99095
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96534	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121103

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease