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: 14744	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13665	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13315	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13244
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13174	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13330	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13081	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13855
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13824	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13944	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13905	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13623
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13673	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13671	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13465	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13297
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15305	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15069	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15324	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15235
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13954	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13847	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13643	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13693
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13444	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13767

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease