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: 8154	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7555	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7288	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7248
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7152	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7208	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7078	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7671
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7621	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7684	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7674	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7482
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7522	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7505	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7386	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7219
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8598	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: 8659	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8517
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7758	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7536	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7443	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7519
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7371	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7462

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease