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: 138459	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94605	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96119	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88570
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91978	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85504	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96101
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95236	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96512	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96533	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96005
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96645	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96276	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96685	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94670
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103677	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103795	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103373	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111943
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103298	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100829	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99308	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97113
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94572	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118801

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease