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: 130382	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88613	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90093	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83051
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86079	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86338	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80072	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89572
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88795	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90006	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90086	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89551
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90285	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89936	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90058	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88207
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95790	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96249	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95792	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103628
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96389	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93998	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92629	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90475
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88295	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111968

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease