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: 21071	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18760	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18491	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18311
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18242	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18515	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17999	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19061
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18991	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19205	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19103	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18746
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18865	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18926	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18668	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18667
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20988	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20934	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21185	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21435
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19416	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19180	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18923	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18981
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18686	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19855

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease