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: 4545	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4002	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3794
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3808	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3770	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3667	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4066
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4063	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4065	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3977	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3987
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4029	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4036	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4016	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3835
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4566	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4532	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4705	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4617
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4202	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4046	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3922	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4001
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3899	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3949

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease