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: 22195	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19694	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19486	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19046
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18986	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19254	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18715	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20048
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19924	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20187	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20051	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19694
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19852	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20032	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19642	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19661
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21838	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 21835	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22130	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 22399
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20417	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20169	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19938	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20014
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 19616	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 20707

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease