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: 132814	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90699	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92217	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84988
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88011	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88274	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81902	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91760
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90973	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92207	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92247	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91721
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92375	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92000	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92228	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90257
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98321	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98707	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98215	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106220
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98554	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96148	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94774	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92826
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90454	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114031

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease