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: 146337	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99966	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101706	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93699
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96795	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97233	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90596	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101919
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100930	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102267	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102165	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101784
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102295	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102164	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102609	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100451
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110625	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110801	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110520	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119430
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109578	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107015	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105228	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102921
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100372	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125816

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease