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: 15878	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14670	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14148	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14212
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14103	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14243	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13924	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14866
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14729	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 15119	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14989	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14516
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14551	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14569	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14353	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14213
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16420	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16159	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16538	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16404
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 15005	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14762	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14693	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14832
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14368	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14900

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease