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: 15506	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14279	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13786	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13843
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13750	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13911	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13613	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14490
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14386	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14692	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14601	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14192
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14231	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14255	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13988	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13828
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15763	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16101	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15965
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14598	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14431	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14312	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14385
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14015	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14434

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease