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: 139240	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95149	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96651	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89094
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92160	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92521	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86065	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96725
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95843	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97125	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97153	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96592
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97267	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96918	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97342	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95321
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104563	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104634	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104252	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112861
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103915	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101481	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99892	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97731
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95216	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119504

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease