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: 3422	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2969	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2859	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2519
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2576	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2538	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2423	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2966
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2996	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3041	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2893	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2909
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2909	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3001	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3006	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2818
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3078	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3017	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3197	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3090
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3100	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3062	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2842	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2943
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2831	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2868

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease