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: 4010	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3505	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3331	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3035
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3060	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2995	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2894	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3514
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3511	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3552	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3412	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3460
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3486	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3502	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3522	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3314
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3625	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3533	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3742	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3659
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3647	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3527	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3392	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3470
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3356	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3411

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease