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: 3474	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3006	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2887	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2550
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2620	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2570	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2456	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3001
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3037	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3073	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2921	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2943
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2940	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3041	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3035	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2848
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3110	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3052	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3240	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3123
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3133	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3097	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2878	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2983
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2864	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2922

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease