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: 7812	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7224	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6970	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6944
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6832	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6893	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6761	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7349
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7295	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7363	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7353	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7161
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7206	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7184	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7076	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6911
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8267	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8134	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8317	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8189
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7430	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7199	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7127	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7195
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7053	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7138

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease