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: 18841	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16784	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16437	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16426
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16407	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16625	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16137	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16996
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16993	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17106	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17075	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16739
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16803	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16851	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16619	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16530
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18960	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18776	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19056	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19278
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17335	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17084	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16843	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16948
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16682	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17887

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease