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: 3514	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3048	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2933	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2588
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2659	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2612	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2504	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3041
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3074	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3115	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2958	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2995
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2983	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3086	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3081	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2886
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3154	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3096	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3282	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3173
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3179	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3135	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2922	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3033
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2896	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2961

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease