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: 4608	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4071	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3944	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3857
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3875	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3844	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3738	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4129
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4121	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4136	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4054	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4048
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4091	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4113	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4084	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3898
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4664	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4616	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4798	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4700
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4257	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4105	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3995	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4061
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3963	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4017

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease