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: 19057	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16909	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16606	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16555
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16560	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16770	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16263	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17160
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17147	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17252	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17207	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16867
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16940	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17004	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16798	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16714
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19123	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 18957	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19237	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19472
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17505	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17238	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16993	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17083
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16824	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18125

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease