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: 12833	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12075	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11677	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11648
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11543	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11688	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11515	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12231
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12218	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12285	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12289	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12076
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12101	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11981	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11825	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11644
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13473	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13250	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13427	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13329
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12318	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12133	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11972	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12072
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11881	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11974

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease