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: 4101	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3572	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3411	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3231
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3247	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3189	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3097	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3604
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3601	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3629	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3510	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3542
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3571	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3582	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3596	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3387
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3859	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3767	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3977	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3895
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3743	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3602	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3473	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3553
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3442	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3499

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease