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: 8004	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7411	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7144	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7123
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7007	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7078	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6943	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7526
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7476	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7548	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7536	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7348
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7392	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7366	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7245	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7078
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8338	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8515	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8385
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7624	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7396	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7306	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7378
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7240	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7313

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease