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: 4001	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3500	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3326	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3032
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3053	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2990	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2889	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3509
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3507	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3550	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3406	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3458
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3480	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3498	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3514	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3310
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3619	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3529	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3736	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3655
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3645	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3523	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3387	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3469
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3352	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3407

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease