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: 15314	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14113	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13672	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13680
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13606	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13758	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13482	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14306
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14229	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14557	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14430	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14035
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14084	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14111	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13854	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13701
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15828	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15587	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15886	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15788
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14408	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14286	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14131	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14234
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13860	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14269

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease