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: 3421	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2965	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2856	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2518
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2573	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2536	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2420	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2965
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2994	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3040	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2892	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2908
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2907	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3000	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: 2815
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3077	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3014	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3196	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3086
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3097	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3061	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2840	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2940
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2828	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2867

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease