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: 134059	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91740	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93291	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86075
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89103	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89345	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82951	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92879
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92123	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93343	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93424	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92863
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93477	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93106	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93387	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91401
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99846	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100160	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99694	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107807
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99742	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97354	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95969	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93956
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91513	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115018

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease