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: 21358	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19020	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18784	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18483
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18411	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18698	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18164	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19328
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19236	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19456	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19352	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19010
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19131	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19193	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18927	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18942
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21207	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21143	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21389	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21676
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19683	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19446	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19202	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19266
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18959	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20018

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease