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: 7817	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7232	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6973	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6955
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6838	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6897	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6766	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7353
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7304	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7367	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7354	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7165
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7214	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7193	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7086	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6913
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8274	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8141	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8325	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8194
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7435	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7203	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7133	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7205
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7058	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7147

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease