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: 6043	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5443	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5296	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5197
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5168	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5175	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5056	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5556
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5539	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5565	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5461	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5419
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5469	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5471	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5403	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5227
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6282	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6177	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6401	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6288
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5641	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5454	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5355	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5439
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5331	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5410

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease