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: 13050	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12286	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11867	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11841
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11758	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11893	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11688	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12412
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12399	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12478	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12482	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12264
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12281	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12184	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12007	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11824
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13665	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13463	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13648	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13537
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12509	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12341	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12169	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12274
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12067	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12204

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease