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: 132785	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90665	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92189	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84943
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87968	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88229	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81863	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91724
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90940	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92170	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92214	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91681
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92348	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91981	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92205	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90231
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98263	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98658	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98161	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106149
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98530	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96125	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94744	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92797
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90417	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114004

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease