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: 7094	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6513	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6284	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6231
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6169	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6194	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6063	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6638
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6590	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6639	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6560	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6451
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6499	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6489	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6393	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6223
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7410	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7313	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7558	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7442
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6702	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6476	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6407	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6496
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6348	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6449

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease