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: 4583	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4046	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3924	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3840
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3851	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3809	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3716	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4108
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4093	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4111	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4025	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4021
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4071	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4088	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4059	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3874
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4624	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4583	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4768	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4665
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4236	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4085	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3967	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4041
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3941	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3994

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease