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: 13930	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13021	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12551	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12568
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12426	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12634	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12434	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13194
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13164	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13209	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13221	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12969
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13013	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12946	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12672	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12474
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14476	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14239	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14496	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14371
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13279	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13075	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12920	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13023
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12780	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12994

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease