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: 4373	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3832	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3698	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3625
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3641	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3603	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3493	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3885
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3883	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3886	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3794	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3820
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3832	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3844	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3855	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3659
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4340	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4298	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4464	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4382
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4015	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3860	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3737	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3824
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3698	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3763

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease