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: 4448	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3907	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3775	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3698
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3711	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3663	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3567	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3965
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3957	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3958	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3877	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3886
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3917	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3929	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3929	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3743
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4431	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4392	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4564	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4481
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4106	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3945	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3817	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3899
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3783	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3845

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease