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: 3934	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3429	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3266	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2962
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2988	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2924	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2822	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3436
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3443	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3491	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3335	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3388
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3402	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3437	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3445	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3241
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3556	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3661	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3587
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3584	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3452	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3310	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3401
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3287	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3349

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease