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: 146697	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100162	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101942	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93881
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97023	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97449	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90801	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102154
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101180	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102496	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102378	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102007
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102543	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102380	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102849	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100675
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110867	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111114	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110793	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119735
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109857	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107297	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105500	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103160
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100609	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126134

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease