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: 3497	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3029	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2909	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2570
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2643	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2599	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2478	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3030
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3058	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3096	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2941	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2981
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2963	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3068	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3062	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2866
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3137	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3083	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3265	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3152
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3159	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3121	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2903	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3018
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2881	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2945

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease