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: 21277	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18961	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18712	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18444
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18381	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18657	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18130	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19259
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19170	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19388	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19284	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18950
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19062	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19127	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18861	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18869
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21160	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21095	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21344	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21618
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19614	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19381	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19133	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19202
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18898	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19973

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease