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: 4372	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3832	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3696	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3624
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3639	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3601	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3490	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3882
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3880	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3885	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3794	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3819
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3831	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3844	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3854	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3657
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4338	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4295	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4464	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4381
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4013	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3858	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3735	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3823
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3697	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3761

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease