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: 4665	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4094	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3975	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3889
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3904	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3897	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3795	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4199
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4169	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4196	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4116	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4095
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4125	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4146	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4107	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3928
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4709	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4660	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4845	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4751
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4286	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4133	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4024	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4093
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3993	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4071

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease