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: 5907	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5309	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5155	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5054
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5040	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5044	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4907	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5411
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5399	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5416	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5316	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5281
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5329	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5333	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5269	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5090
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6120	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6032	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6240	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6131
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5508	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5325	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5207	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5286
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5177	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5278

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease