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: 3515	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3048	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2934	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2590
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2661	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2615	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2505	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3041
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3076	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3117	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2960	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2995
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2987	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3087	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3084	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2887
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3156	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3099	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3284	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3176
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3180	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3137	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2923	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3035
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2896	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2964

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease