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: 5982	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5382	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5234	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5135
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5105	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5115	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4992	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5493
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5474	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5492	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5399	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5356
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5404	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5403	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5344	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5179
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6209	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6114	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6326	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6220
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5581	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5406	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5282	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5361
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5265	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5349

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease