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: 8908	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8313	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8061	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7986
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7907	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7956	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7814	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8437
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8390	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8457	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8462	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8257
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8299	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8265	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8159	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7972
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9419	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9297	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9450	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9341
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8522	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8313	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8210	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8279
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8135	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8199

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease