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: 3477	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3009	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2889	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2553
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2626	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2578	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2458	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3006
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3040	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3077	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2925	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2948
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2945	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3047	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3042	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2851
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3118	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3055	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3242	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3129
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3135	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3103	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2884	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2989
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2867	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2925

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease