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: 4139	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3611	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3443	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3340
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3352	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3309	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3203	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3642
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3636	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3663	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3544	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3580
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3611	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3617	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3626	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3420
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3973	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3872	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4092	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4010
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3777	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3631	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3508	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3584
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3475	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3533

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease