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: 122764	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82979	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84312	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74810
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77691	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77874	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71965	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83764
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83032	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84211	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84444	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83954
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84550	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84327	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84305	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82472
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86106	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86545	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86224	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93277
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90542	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87978	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86752	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84669
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82618	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105566

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease