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: 21870	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19462	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19233	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18814
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18730	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19026	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18482	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19783
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19679	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19909	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19781	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19440
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19600	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19706	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19403	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19418
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21535	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21520	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21777	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22086
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20143	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19908	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19674	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19721
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19376	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20394

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease