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: 5935	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5337	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5188	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5083
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5070	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5072	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4938	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5437
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5421	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5444	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5345	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5309
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5358	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5356	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5296	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5118
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6155	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6064	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6276	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6164
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5534	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5348	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5234	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5313
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5214	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5299

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease