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: 18863	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16788	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16468	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16439
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16420	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16635	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16143	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17005
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17006	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17115	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17082	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16749
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16811	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16854	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16652	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16558
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18975	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18792	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19072	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19299
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17348	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17092	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16854	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16961
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16693	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17902

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease