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: 4527	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3989	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3862	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3777
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3785	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3746	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3653	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4049
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4043	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4046	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3961	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3967
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4005	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4012	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4004	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3817
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4535	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4504	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4679	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4591
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4183	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4027	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3904	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3981
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3872	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3934

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease