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: 140501	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96074	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97580	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90085
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93101	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93508	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87102	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97803
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96871	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98204	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98161	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97730
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98305	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98061	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98493	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96412
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106125	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106202	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105714	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114461
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105056	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102590	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100928	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98819
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96219	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120789

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease