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: 4569	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4027	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3906	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3818
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3838	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3798	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3699	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4094
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4082	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4088	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4008	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4011
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4052	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4071	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4040	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3857
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4600	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4566	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4749	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4651
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4226	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4069	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3948	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4025
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3924	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3978

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease