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: 13856	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12990	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12513	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12525
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12387	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12557	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12378	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13154
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13118	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13172	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13178	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12942
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12978	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12886	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12636	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12446
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14418	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14170	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14453	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14306
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13245	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13012	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12886	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12986
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12723	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12923

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease