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: 5909	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5312	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5160	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5055
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5046	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5049	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4911	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5414
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5402	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5417	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5320	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5285
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5336	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5336	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5272	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5095
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6126	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6036	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6244	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6136
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5509	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5327	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5213	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5289
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5180	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5282

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease