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: 19179	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17030	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16763	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16686
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16703	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16911	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16392	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17277
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17289	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17377	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17335	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16993
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17059	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17144	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16942	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16875
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19263	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19096	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19375	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19612
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17634	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17370	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17123	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17210
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16966	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18261

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease