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: 6997	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6399	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6187	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6134
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6075	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6100	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5974	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6527
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6477	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6541	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6446	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6344
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6386	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6386	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6301	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6121
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7306	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7206	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7441	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7337
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6600	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6373	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6313	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6399
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6243	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6344

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease