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: 4553	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4010	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3886	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3804
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3822	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3779	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3677	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4074
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4071	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4077	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3984	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3997
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4039	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4050	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4023	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3844
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4577	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4541	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4717	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4624
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4212	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4053	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3931	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4013
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3912	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3958

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease