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: 3807	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3304	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3140	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2847
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2891	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2815	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2717	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3297
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3308	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3367	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3196	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3245
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3264	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3293	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3315	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3106
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3425	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3325	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3538	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3456
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3452	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3316	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3180	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3267
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3141	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3207

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease