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: 3854	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3357	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3189	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2899
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2936	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2865	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2765	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3348
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3362	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3415	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3253	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3302
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3318	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3350	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3363	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3161
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3481	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3386	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3595	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3515
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3504	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3371	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3230	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3318
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3199	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3265

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease