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: 3503	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3038	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2924	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2577
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2650	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2604	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2490	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3037
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3068	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3102	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2944	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2986
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2973	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3077	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3070	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2874
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3140	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3089	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3273	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3161
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3168	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3126	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2911	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3025
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2888	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2951

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease