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: 8563	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7967	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7692	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7625
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7546	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7593	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7454	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8071
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8034	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8102	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8086	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7879
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7928	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7904	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7801	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7633
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9028	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8896	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9070	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8948
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8150	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7951	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7846	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7935
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7776	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7851

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease