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: 21061	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18754	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18480	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18302
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18237	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18507	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17991	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19049
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18979	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19194	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19094	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18732
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18855	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18906	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18656	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18658
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20979	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20925	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21178	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21427
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19408	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19170	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18912	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18970
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18678	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19849

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease