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: 19282	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17125	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16850	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16781
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16788	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 17000	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16490	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17364
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17390	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17459	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17435	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17083
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17159	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17231	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17026	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16965
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19353	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19216	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19473	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19715
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17730	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17480	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17210	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17309
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17057	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18365

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease