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: 25718	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21607	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21447	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20879
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20906	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21276	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 20399	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21954
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21880	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 22127	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 22051	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21667
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21849	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21995	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21631	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21625
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 23868	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 23901	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 24165	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 24700
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 22584	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 22276	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 22026	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 22020
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 21526	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 23844

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease