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: 9890	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9231	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8956	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8881
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8797	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8872	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8727	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9366
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9335	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9377	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9408	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9186
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9234	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9185	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9074	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8879
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10419	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10288	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10436	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10334
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9449	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9264	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9124	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9221
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9063	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9126

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease