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: 19142	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16994	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16704	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16639
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16658	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16875	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16344	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17231
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17239	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17337	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17290	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16952
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17015	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17105	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16902	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16815
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19219	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19047	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19328	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19567
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17596	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17334	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17081	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17165
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16906	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18220

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease