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: 3521	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3057	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2940	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2595
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2670	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2622	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2507	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3053
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3082	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3125	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2966	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3001
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2997	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3090	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3093	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2895
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3163	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3105	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3291	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3181
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3187	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3143	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2928	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3040
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2904	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2967

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease