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: 14871	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13803	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13404	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13355
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13269	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13432	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13181	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13982
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13936	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14107	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14046	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13725
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13779	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13769	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13560	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13403
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15441	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15207	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15480	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15367
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14066	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13945	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13767	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13848
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13556	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13892

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease