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: 4562	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4024	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3900	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3815
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3832	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3791	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3692	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4087
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4080	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4087	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3999	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4007
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4049	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4066	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4036	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3854
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4593	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4559	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4738	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4640
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4221	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4064	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3944	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4021
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3922	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3972

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease