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: 3441	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2983	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2868	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2528
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2592	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2553	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2439	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2976
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3004	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3051	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2902	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2921
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2920	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3015	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3013	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2829
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3089	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3025	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3209	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3104
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3109	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3072	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2852	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2955
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2838	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2888

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease