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: 12612	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11897	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11473	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11464
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11351	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11483	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11312	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12048
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12024	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12093	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12104	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11896
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11911	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11771	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11634	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11431
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13274	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13035	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13226	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13123
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12129	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11907	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11790	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11885
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11685	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11778

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease