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: 137441	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93898	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95398	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87866
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90992	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91278	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84781	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95336
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94485	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95703	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95763	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95194
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95835	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95521	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95890	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93898
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102508	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102723	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102261	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110673
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102421	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99973	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98494	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96310
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93810	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117890

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease