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: 7001	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6403	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6196	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6139
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6080	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6105	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5978	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6534
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6485	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6550	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6454	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6355
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6391	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6390	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6308	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6126
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7313	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7212	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7449	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7343
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6606	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6376	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6321	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6402
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6248	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6352

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease