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: 4539	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4000	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3876	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3788
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3803	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3763	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3663	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4064
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4062	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4063	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3973	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3982
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4024	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4033	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4015	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3833
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4557	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4526	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4697	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4612
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4197	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4041	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3921	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3996
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3893	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3947

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease