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: 4364	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3821	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3683	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3613
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3632	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3593	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3481	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3871
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3871	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3874	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3780	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3810
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3823	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3834	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3846	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3644
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4323	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4280	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4451	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4368
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3999	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3849	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3724	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3815
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3687	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3751

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease