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: 4567	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4026	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3903	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3816
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3836	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3795	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3697	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4092
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4081	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4088	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4005	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4009
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4050	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4070	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4038	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3856
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4596	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4563	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4747	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4645
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4224	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4068	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3945	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4023
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3923	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3976

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease