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: 4024	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3509	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3340	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3043
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3067	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3005	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2905	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3520
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3523	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3559	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3419	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3465
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3494	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3511	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3534	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3320
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3645	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3549	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3755	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3673
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3659	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3532	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3400	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3479
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3365	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3419

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease