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: 4495	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3960	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3827	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3748
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3761	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3720	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3621	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4021
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4014	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4014	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3930	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3939
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3979	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3979	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3980	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3789
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4503	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4469	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4641	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4553
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4155	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3998	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3878	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3955
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3837	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3901

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease