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: 140518	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96088	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97589	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90092
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93106	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93525	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87112	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97814
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96881	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98216	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98167	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97742
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98311	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98069	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98504	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96422
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106143	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106222	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105729	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114483
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105068	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102601	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100940	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98825
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96229	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120799

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease