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: 4368	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3828	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3689	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3620
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3635	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3597	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3486	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3877
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3875	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3880	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3791	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3814
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3828	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3837	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3851	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3650
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4336	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4289	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4461	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4375
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4009	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3854	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3731	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3821
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3692	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3756

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease