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: 139655	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95446	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96947	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89424
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92445	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92866	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86407	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97066
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96175	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97473	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97472	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96932
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97596	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97274	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97702	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95666
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105070	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105155	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104710	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113390
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104310	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101875	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100243	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98084
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95540	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119921

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease