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: 3549	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3075	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2962	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2624
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2695	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2641	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2531	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3076
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3101	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3146	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2990	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3019
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3018	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3104	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3116	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2912
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3185	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3127	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3317	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3207
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3210	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3161	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2954	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3061
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2926	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2990

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease