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: 3953	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3453	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3285	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2990
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3014	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2953	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2846	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3457
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3461	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3509	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3352	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3411
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3421	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3462	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3467	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3262
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3581	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3477	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3683	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3610
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3604	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3476	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3333	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3421
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3307	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3369

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease