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: 5929	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5336	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5179	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5076
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5062	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5065	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4931	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5436
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5416	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5438	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5344	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5307
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5351	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5353	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5290	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5115
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6151	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6060	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6271	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6158
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5530	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5343	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5232	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5308
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5209	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5295

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease