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: 3453	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2995	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2876	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2538
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2608	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2562	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2446	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2991
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3018	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3061	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2912	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2931
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2926	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3027	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3024	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2841
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3096	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3036	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3221	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3113
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3122	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3084	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2863	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2972
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2855	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2905

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease