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: 12576	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11851	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11448	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11435
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11328	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11449	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11286	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12013
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11994	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12051	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12074	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11860
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11875	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11746	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11599	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11399
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13239	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12994	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13190	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13090
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12091	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11882	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11755	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11852
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11644	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11747

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease