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: 22203	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19696	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19493	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19047
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18992	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19262	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18723	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20052
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19930	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20194	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20054	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19698
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19859	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20038	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19651	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19666
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21845	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21844	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22141	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22411
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20425	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20176	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19948	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20023
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19626	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20717

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease