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: 22151	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19668	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19452	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19018
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18955	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19222	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18693	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20015
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19894	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20147	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20019	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19653
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19818	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19991	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19607	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19632
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21806	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21799	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22084	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22362
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20388	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20141	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19905	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19982
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19592	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20662

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease