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: 7885	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7293	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7043	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7015
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6899	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6965	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6835	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7418
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7364	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7430	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7421	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7234
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7270	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7254	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7149	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6983
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8335	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8221	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8397	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8265
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7504	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7274	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7190	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7266
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7126	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7204

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease