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: 4292	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3737	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3595	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3533
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3556	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3510	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3409	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3789
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3778	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3793	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3692	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3719
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3736	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3756	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3763	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3565
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4212	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4160	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4342	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4259
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3917	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3763	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3638	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3729
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3603	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3672

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease