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: 19170	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17020	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16756	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16675
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16697	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16905	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16383	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17265
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17281	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17369	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17325	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16983
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17047	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17130	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16936	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16860
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19258	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19083	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19364	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19603
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17626	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17363	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17115	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17192
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16949	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18252

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease