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: 8801	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8203	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7948	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7862
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7798	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7834	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7691	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8326
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8272	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8331	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8346	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8143
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8181	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8141	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8037	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7848
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9293	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9169	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9333	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9213
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8410	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8203	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8090	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8163
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8026	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8097

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease