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: 139673	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95461	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96955	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89441
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92462	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92878	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86420	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97087
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96185	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97482	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97486	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96967
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97603	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97287	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97715	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95683
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105091	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105172	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104727	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113401
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104324	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101887	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100255	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98099
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95556	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119936

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease