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: 19200	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17045	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16778	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16700
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16714	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16933	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16408	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17293
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17304	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17395	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17358	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17011
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17076	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17162	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16954	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16885
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19284	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19116	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19386	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19632
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17651	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17388	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17140	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17228
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16980	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18273

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease