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: 6947	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6359	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6144	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6090
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6032	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6054	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5932	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6476
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6433	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6495	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6400	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6294
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6340	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6337	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6253	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6073
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7257	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7151	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7397	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7284
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6550	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6336	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6254	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6355
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6199	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6294

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease