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: 9597	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8965	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8663	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8615
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8522	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8593	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8449	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9091
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9057	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9101	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9120	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8910
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8958	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8906	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8781	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8585
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10116	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9982	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10144	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10033
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9173	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8979	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8836	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8949
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8780	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8852

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease