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: 4451	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3918	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3783	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3706
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3720	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3672	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3577	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3974
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3966	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3968	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3884	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3888
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3927	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3938	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3932	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3746
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4439	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4406	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4575	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4490
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4117	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3954	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3824	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3906
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3788	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3856

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease