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: 135439	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92744	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94265	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86908
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89982	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90220	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83758	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93954
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93158	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94375	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94509	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93848
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94492	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94158	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94470	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92447
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101308	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100786	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109036
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100873	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98425	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97045	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95007
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92537	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116121

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease