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: 7741	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7181	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6904	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6880
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6772	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6817	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6697	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7293
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7230	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7295	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7285	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7105
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7143	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7122	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7015	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6840
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8185	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8064	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8253	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8113
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7371	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7125	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7072	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7137
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6986	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7067

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease