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: 21166	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18855	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18612	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18375
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18306	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18579	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18062	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19163
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19072	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19301	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19195	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18851
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18958	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19026	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18757	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18771
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21077	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21002	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21262	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21523
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19516	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19268	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19030	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19085
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18795	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19915

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease