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: 22176	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19680	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19036
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18972	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19247	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18707	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20033
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19916	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20168	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20042	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19678
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19838	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20020	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19630	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19650
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21828	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21819	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22115	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22388
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20404	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20160	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19928	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20000
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19606	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20684

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease