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: 3757	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3260	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3100	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2800
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2846	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2773	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2664	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3249
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3264	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3324	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3153	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3199
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3214	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3241	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3273	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3057
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3362	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3268	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3485	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3413
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3399	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3278	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3131	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3220
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3087	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3165

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease