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: 4177	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3640	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3478	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3446
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3457	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3414	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3309	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3678
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3669	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3694	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3582	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3615
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3642	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3652	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3668	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3456
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4087	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4015	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4208	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4130
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3811	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3663	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3539	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3622
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3506	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3569

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease