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: 3830	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3331	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3164	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2874
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2915	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2837	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2743	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3326
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3339	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3387	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3224	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3273
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3291	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3324	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3338	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3129
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3356	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3568	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3486
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3476	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3343	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3206	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3291
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3170	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3234

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease