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: 11577	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10875	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10573	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10449
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10429	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10472	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10323	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11016
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10975	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11042	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11105	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10852
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10851	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10796	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10701	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10507
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12163	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11971	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12160	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12045
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11099	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10926	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10761	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10856
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10668	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10752

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease