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: 8571	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7974	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7702	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7638
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7556	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7604	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7465	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8084
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8043	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8111	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8095	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7890
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7940	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7913	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7805	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7638
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9038	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8906	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9086	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8959
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8167	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7957	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7864	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7947
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7788	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7854

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease