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: 4409	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3865	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3739	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3657
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3684	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3632	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3532	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3922
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3920	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3922	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3835	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3850
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3873	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3890	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3894	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3698
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4390	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4352	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4515	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4430
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4055	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3905	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3777	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3855
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3741	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3804

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease