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: 14900	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13822	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13416	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13380
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13293	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13449	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13200	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13992
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13953	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14125	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14066	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13736
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13786	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13784	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13582	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13423
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15466	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15240	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15502	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15400
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14089	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13967	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13794	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13866
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13574	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13919

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease