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: 12796	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12054	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11656	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11626
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11519	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11654	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11486	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12204
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12186	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12257	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12265	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12061
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12085	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11947	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11805	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11617
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13442	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13210	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13398	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13300
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12296	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12092	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11951	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12054
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11863	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11941

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease