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: 175738	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120395	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122565	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111636
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115224	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115642	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107015	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121990
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120999	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121857	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121569	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121174
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121731	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121729	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122686	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120324
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132910	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133466	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133056	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 144663
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132045	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128740	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126711	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123847
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120798	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 151625

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease