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: 14970	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13867	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13456	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13422
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13346	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13497	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13243	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14046
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13990	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14184	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14114	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13771
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13832	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13849	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13628	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13470
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15302	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15567	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15472
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14141	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14016	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13831	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13917
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13613	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13975

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease