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: 22163	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19675	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19463	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19028
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18966	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19236	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18700	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20020
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19905	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20157	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20029	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19665
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19829	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20011	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19616	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19644
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21816	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21807	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22099	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22375
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20398	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20149	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19915	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19996
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19602	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20674

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease