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: 4497	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3963	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3830	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3750
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3766	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3724	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3628	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4025
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4017	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4018	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3935	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3940
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3982	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3982	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3986	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3791
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4507	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4475	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4647	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4558
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4161	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4000	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3879	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3958
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3841	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3904

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease