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: 4580	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4045	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3922	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3836
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3849	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3808	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3714	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4107
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4093	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4109	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4024	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4019
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4068	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4085	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4056	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3872
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4619	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4579	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4764	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4662
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4235	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4082	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3965	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4040
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3938	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3993

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease