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: 3488	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3020	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2897	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2563
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2635	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2591	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2474	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3019
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3052	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3089	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2933	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2970
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2953	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3059	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3053	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2861
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3130	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3069	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3257	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3143
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3147	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3112	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2896	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3004
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2876	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2935

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease