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: 5949	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5347	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5201	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5096
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5079	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5082	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4952	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5453
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5433	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5455	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5363	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5320
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5369	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5374	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5310	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5140
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6170	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6081	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6293	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6181
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5552	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5369	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5247	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5323
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5230	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5320

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease