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: 117722	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78948	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80185	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71129
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74131	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68414	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79857
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79143	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80223	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80583	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79880
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80795	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80419	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80501	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78496
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82055	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82444	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82078	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88917
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86478	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83855	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82748	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80598
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78727	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101018

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease