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: 4420	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3878	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3748	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3670
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3691	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3641	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3539	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3932
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3929	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3932	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3848	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3860
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3879	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3899	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3905	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3712
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4398	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4359	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4526	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4442
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4065	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3918	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3786	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3863
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3754	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3811

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease