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: 4344	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3801	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3661	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3591
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3612	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3565	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3460	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3850
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3844	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3855	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3751	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3782
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3799	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3816	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3829	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3621
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4297	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4237	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4420	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4337
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3974	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3819	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3701	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3788
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3666	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3728

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease