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: 21275	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18957	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18711	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18441
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18379	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18657	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18127	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19257
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19167	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19384	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19280	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18945
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19058	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19124	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18860	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18866
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21158	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21092	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21344	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21615
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19613	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19377	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19132	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19198
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18896	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19972

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease