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: 8616	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8025	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7758	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7693
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7610	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7657	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7527	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8146
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8093	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8154	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8149	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7952
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8001	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7959	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7855	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7682
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9092	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8975	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9140	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9010
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8228	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8017	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7918	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7993
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7842	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7911

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease