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: 4134	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3607	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3441	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3324
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3328	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3283	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3183	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3634
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3632	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3658	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3540	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3573
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3606	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3610	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3622	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3415
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3944	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3857	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4073	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3989
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3773	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3629	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3501	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3578
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3469	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3526

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease