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: 4000	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3498	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3324	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3031
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3050	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2990	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2887	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3507
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3505	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3549	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3404	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3455
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3479	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3497	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3510	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3309
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3617	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3525	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3735	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3654
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3644	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3521	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3386	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3467
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3349	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3403

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease