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: 6850	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6243	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6053	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5982
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5927	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5951	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5827	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6377
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6328	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6381	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6289	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6196
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6246	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6244	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6163	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5987
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7152	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7047	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7279	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7174
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6441	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6229	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6149	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6247
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6101	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6193

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease