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: 4258	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3707	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3549	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3505
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3531	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3476	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3380	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3755
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3741	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3760	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3661	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3685
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3712	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3728	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3736	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3532
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4176	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4117	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4306	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4226
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3888	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3734	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3611	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3698
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3576	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3642

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease