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: 8879	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8275	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8010	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7933
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7869	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7905	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7766	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8395
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8348	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8401	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8424	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8212
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8254	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8217	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8105	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7931
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9371	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9246	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9405	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9286
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8485	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8273	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8164	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8245
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8093	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8156

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease