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: 14946	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13854	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13446	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13407
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13333	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13483	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13235	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14023
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13981	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14167	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14097	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13760
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13814	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13829	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13612	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13454
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15506	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15281	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15547	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15455
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14134	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14001	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13818	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13905
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13601	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13962

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease