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: 3828	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3330	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3162	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2871
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2913	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2836	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2740	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3325
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3335	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3384	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3222	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3271
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3288	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3322	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3336	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3129
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3451	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3352	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3566	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3483
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3473	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3341	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3204	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3289
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3165	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3231

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease