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: 8744	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8134	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7870	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7799
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7728	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7770	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7633	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8252
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8211	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8255	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8262	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8070
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8114	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8076	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7959	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7785
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9216	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9088	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9260	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9134
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8344	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8133	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8021	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8097
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7959	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8027

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease