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: 3794	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3292	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3128	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2835
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2804	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2706	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3284
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3297	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3356	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3185	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3235
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3253	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3276	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3304	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3096
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3413	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3310	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3528	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3446
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3441	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3308	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3169	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3257
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3130	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3197

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease