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: 4474	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3937	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3809	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3724
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3742	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3695	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3603	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4002
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3987	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3994	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3914	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3915
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3953	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3961	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3959	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3764
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4478	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4440	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4609	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4525
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4141	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3976	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3858	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3929
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3815	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3880

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease