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: 15652	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14419	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13915	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13979
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13875	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14014	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13751	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14631
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14511	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14836	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14742	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14322
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14372	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14374	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14116	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13972
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16171	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15907	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16244	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16104
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14729	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14571	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14451	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14523
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14143	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14565

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease