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: 22171	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19678	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19468	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19035
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18971	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19244	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18706	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20031
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19913	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20166	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20038	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19673
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19836	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20015	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19624	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19650
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21826	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21815	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22112	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22386
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20404	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20155	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19926	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19999
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19606	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20683

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease