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: 4048	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3528	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3359	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3102
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3118	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3057	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2960	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3537
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3545	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3577	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3449	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3487
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3517	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3533	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3555	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3339
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3701	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3608	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3815	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3728
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3685	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3556	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3422	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3499
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3386	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3445

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease