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: 140616	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96155	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97670	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90166
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93178	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93602	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87199	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97890
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96959	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98291	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98255	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97818
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98400	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98160	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98589	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96490
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106261	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106337	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105853	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114593
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105153	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102699	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101030	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98903
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96313	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120883

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease