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: 3461	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2999	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2886	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2545
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2616	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2568	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2450	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2996
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3030	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3067	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2917	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2937
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2933	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3037	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3029	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2847
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3103	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3045	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3230	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3121
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3128	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3091	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2874	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2978
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2861	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2915

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease