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: 3727	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3242	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3080	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2778
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2743	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2628	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3224
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3231	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3293	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3123	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3165
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3186	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3212	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3250	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3018
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3334	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3244	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3461	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3381
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3369	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3243	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3103	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3194
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3055	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3134

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease