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: 4407	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3864	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3739	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3657
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3682	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3632	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3531	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3922
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3919	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3922	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3834	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3850
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3871	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3889	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3893	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3698
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4389	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4351	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4513	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4429
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4053	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3904	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3776	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3853
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3738	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3803

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease