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: 3788	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3287	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3124	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2831
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2874	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2801	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2699	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3281
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3295	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3351	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3182	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3229
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3247	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3272	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3299	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3089
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3407	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3307	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3524	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3442
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3435	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3307	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3166	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3254
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3123	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3192

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease