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: 11031	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10368	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10067	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9949
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9917	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9967	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9810	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10503
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10451	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10514	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10556	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10340
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10345	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10300	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10191	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10015
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11602	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11418	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11604	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11514
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10565	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10405	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10240	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10336
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10155	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10229

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease