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: 7712	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7140	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6874	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6854
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6742	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6788	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6664	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7270
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7198	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7274	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7256	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7073
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7111	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7095	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6986	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6814
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8150	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8030	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8222	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8085
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7348	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7099	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7036	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7112
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6956	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7035

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease