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: 4462	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3927	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3796	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3715
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3732	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3685	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3592	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3993
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3979	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3984	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3898	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3904
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3940	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3952	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3946	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3755
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4464	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4421	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4598	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4508
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4130	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3964	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3843	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3917
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3798	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3871

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease