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: 132392	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90324	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91849	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84621
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87634	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87923	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81502	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91346
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90586	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91773	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91879	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91311
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91993	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91639	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91832	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89883
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97767	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98160	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97675	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105639
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98198	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95794	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94368	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92379
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90058	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113701

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease