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: 3918	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3414	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3252	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2951
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2978	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2911	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2811	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3418
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3425	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3471	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3322	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3368
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3386	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3418	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3422	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3226
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3541	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3442	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3649	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3570
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3571	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3434	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3294	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3384
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3269	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3331

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease