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: 137394	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93861	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95362	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87841
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90950	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91242	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84744	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95294
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94449	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95661	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95733	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95153
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95797	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95481	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95853	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93848
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102478	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102673	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102202	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110622
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102372	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99929	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98444	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96280
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93771	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117835

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease