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: 13745	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12922	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12425	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12461
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12312	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12468	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12288	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13087
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13008	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13111	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13118	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12850
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12870	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12795	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12556	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12377
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14305	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14072	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14366	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14206
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13177	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12925	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12815	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12915
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12614	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12836

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease