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: 10739	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10084	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9794	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9680
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9647	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9693	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9532	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10220
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10170	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10238	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10270	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10057
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10063	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10014	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9929	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9752
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11324	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11145	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11317	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11229
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10294	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10119	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9965	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10053
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9884	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9940

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease