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: 118202	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79343	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80618	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71470
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74293	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74443	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68753	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80249
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79505	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80587	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80936	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80227
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81157	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80790	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80863	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78899
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82482	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82876	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82508	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89367
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86840	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84225	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83132	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80998
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79099	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101442

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease