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: 22148	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19663	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19449	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19011
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18948	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19218	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18688	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20011
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19889	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20139	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20010	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19650
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19815	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19989	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19605	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19626
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21803	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21789	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22074	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22353
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20388	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20135	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19899	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19973
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19587	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20651

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease