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: 4471	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3931	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3801	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3720
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3739	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3690	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3596	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3997
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3983	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3989	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3907	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3910
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3946	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3956	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3951	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3761
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4470	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4430	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4603	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4517
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4137	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3969	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3852	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3921
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3805	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3875

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease