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: 7935	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7335	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7079	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7061
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6947	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7009	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6877	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7470
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7411	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7482	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7474	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7282
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7312	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7297	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7197	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7028
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8382	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8260	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8440	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8312
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7550	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7319	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7232	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7323
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7169	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7253

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease