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: 11500	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10811	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10508	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10376
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10365	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10406	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10249	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10955
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10912	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10967	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11020	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10796
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10792	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10731	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10645	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10440
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12079	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11891	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12084	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11969
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11028	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10856	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10692	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10794
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10596	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 10686

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease