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: 4368	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3827	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3686	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3619
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3635	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3597	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3485	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3877
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3874	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3879	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3790	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3813
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3828	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3837	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3849	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3649
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4336	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4287	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4459	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4375
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4007	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3853	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3729	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3818
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3690	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3755

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease