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: 13201	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12409	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11966	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11966
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11865	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12010	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11821	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12566
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12538	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12657	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12634	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12388
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12397	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12322	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12120	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11926
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13810	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13587	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13804	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13689
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12648	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12476	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12304	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12454
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12195	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12340

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease