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: 4542	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4001	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3877	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3790
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3804	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3766	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3664	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4064
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4062	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4064	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3974	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3985
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4025	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4033	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4016	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3833
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4560	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4530	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4700	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4614
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4199	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4043	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3921	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3996
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3894	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3948

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease