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: 7642	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7067	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6811	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6785
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6673	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6725	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6593	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7199
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7131	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7197	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7178	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6998
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7043	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7028	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6912	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6748
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8070	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7957	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8138	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8010
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7274	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7022	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6971	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7045
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6879	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6968

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease