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: 4517	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3983	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3770
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3778	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3741	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3650	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4043
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4037	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4038	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3954	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3959
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3999	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4005	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3999	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3812
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4528	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4498	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4671	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4586
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4177	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4019	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3898	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3975
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3863	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3925

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease