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: 4316	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3763	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3626	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3563
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3587	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3543	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3435	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3821
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3809	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3823	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3720	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3751
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3766	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3785	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3798	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3590
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4261	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4202	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4382	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4297
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3947	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3793	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3670	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3756
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3638	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3701

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease