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: 130433	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88658	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90127	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83080
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86106	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86367	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80097	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89612
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88835	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90039	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90125	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89595
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90334	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89974	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90094	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88241
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95836	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96307	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95831	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103681
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96433	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94030	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92671	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90507
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88339	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112005

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease