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: 4272	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3723	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3568	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3518
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3541	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3490	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3394	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3771
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3759	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3776	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3676	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3698
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3724	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3740	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3749	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3547
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4192	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4136	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4325	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4246
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3899	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3748	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3624	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3709
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3590	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3656

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease