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: 22530	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19889	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19673	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19224
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19190	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19474	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18896	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20249
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20121	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20390	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20272	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19905
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20056	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20239	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19855	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19865
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22072	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22096	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22369	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22639
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20655	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20393	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20187	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20236
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19832	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20988

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease