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: 4620	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4073	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3949	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3862
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3853	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3751	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4141
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4128	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4144	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4070	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4063
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4094	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4119	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4089	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3903
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4672	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4622	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4802	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4712
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4262	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4107	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3999	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4068
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3968	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4030

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease