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: 141663	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96992	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98558	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91012
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93959	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94448	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88039	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98871
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97895	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99226	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99167	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98760
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99294	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99100	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99619	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97481
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107479	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107666	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107164	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115898
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106153	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103642	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101940	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99852
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97323	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121894

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease