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: 14463	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13464	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13129	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13024
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12989	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13133	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12903	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13639
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13628	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13678	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13668	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13413
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13488	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13470	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13269	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13090
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15044	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14835	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15058	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14975
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13750	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13622	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13398	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13443
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13239	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13540

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease