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: 139647	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95442	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89418
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92440	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92860	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86399	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97063
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96166	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97463	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97460	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96926
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97591	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97267	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97692	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95653
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105058	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105147	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104701	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113378
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104303	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101863	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100235	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98077
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95536	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119912

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease