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: 14556	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13527	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13192	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13093
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13055	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13195	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12961	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13702
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13689	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13762	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13738	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13482
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13545	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13537	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13346	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13167
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15120	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14914	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15146	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15062
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13819	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13693	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13474	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13514
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13302	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13607

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease