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: 4305	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3748	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3614	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3548
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3568	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3526	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3423	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3809
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3794	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3813	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3708	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3733
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3755	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3774	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3785	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3580
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4235	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4182	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4362	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4276
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3931	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3776	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3655	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3744
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3626	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3689

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease