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: 5987	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5387	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5242	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5142
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5113	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5118	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4996	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5498
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5477	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5499	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5402	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5365
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5415	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5413	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5352	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5180
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6220	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6119	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6334	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6227
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5587	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5409	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5290	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5365
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5271	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5355

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease