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: 6943	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6353	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6140	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6084
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6028	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6050	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5927	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6474
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6428	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6486	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6396	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6294
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6336	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6334	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6252	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6069
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7253	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7146	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7393	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7281
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6546	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6330	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6251	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6350
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6195	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6294

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease