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: 10081	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9429	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9140	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9077
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8988	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9054	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8915	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9566
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9528	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9566	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9608	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9392
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9420	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9392	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9263	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9076
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10621	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10476	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10642	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10537
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9637	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9460	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9317	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9404
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9247	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9319

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease