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: 11190	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10522	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10220	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10094
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10067	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10114	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9952	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10665
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10602	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10686	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10725	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10503
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10504	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10442	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10350	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10156
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11774	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11579	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11763	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11667
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10721	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10564	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10411	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10493
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10309	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10384

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease