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: 22316	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19773	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19563	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19119
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19081	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19339	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18794	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20120
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20008	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20261	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20137	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19776
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19922	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20114	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19717	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19745
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21936	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21939	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22223	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22497
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20499	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20255	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20044	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20103
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19703	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20822

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease