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: 4508	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3975	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3846	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3764
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3775	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3735	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3640	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4033
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4026	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4027	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3946	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3949
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3993	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3994	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3995	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3804
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4521	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4488	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4659	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4576
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4168	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4008	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3888	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3967
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3852	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3916

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease