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: 132772	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90652	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92175	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84928
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87955	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88214	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81849	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91714
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90936	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92158	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92209	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91667
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92335	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91967	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92195	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90222
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98241	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98647	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98144	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106128
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98521	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96119	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94731	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92788
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90404	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113999

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease