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: 4532	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3991	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3871	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3783
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3788	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3752	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3658	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4053
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4048	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4051	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3965	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3975
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4013	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4019	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4009	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3823
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4545	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4512	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4687	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4598
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4189	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4032	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3909	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3989
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3875	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3937

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease