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: 12808	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12067	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11669	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11638
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11533	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11667	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11497	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12212
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12198	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12273	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12277	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12064
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12092	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11956	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11813	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11632
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13223	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13409	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13307
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12306	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12110	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11961	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12064
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11869	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11951

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease