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: 19691	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17500	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17246	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17157
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17156	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17392	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16866	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17766
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17794	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17861	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17814	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17468
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17568	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17630	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17403	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17349
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19750	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19643	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19892	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20138
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18129	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17853	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17616	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17691
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17446	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18781

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease