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: 8557	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7961	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7684	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7620
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7542	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7591	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7447	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8061
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8025	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8097	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8077	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7871
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7916	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7894	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7792	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7625
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9024	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8891	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9061	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8942
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8141	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7942	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7834	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7927
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7771	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7841

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease