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: 12722	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11996	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11576	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11567
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11454	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11587	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11413	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12140
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12118	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12201	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12207	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12001
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12014	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11882	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11735	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11543
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13368	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13136	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13337	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13221
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12227	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12019	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11894	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11989
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11792	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11877

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease