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: 4245	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3701	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3539	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3500
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3520	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3470	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3369	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3745
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3730	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3747	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3649	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3671
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3705	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3718	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3727	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3521
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4161	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4099	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4288	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4208
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3877	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3726	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3599	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3686
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3561	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3630

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease