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: 9653	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9008	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8712	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8666
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8569	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8641	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8498	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9144
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9108	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9149	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9165	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8960
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9013	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8959	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8827	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8628
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10167	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10030	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10205	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10084
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9222	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9026	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8892	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8996
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8822	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8904

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease