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: 8025	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7436	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7163	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7136
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7024	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7099	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6963	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7552
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7494	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7563	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7555	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7366
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7409	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7388	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7269	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7096
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8475	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8350	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8531	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8399
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7647	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7421	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7326	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7400
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7261	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7333

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease