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: 8894	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8292	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8035	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7960
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7882	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7927	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7789	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8421
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8371	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8427	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8444	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8235
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8279	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8240	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8132	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7954
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9397	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9268	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9433	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9314
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8506	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8292	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8188	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8262
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8118	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8177

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease