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: 3466	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3000	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2886	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2546
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2616	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2568	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2453	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2998
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3033	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3069	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2919	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2940
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2935	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3039	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3032	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2848
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3103	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3047	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3232	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3121
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3131	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3094	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2876	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2979
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2863	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2918

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease