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: 3446	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2991	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2873	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2532
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2603	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2556	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2442	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2983
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3012	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3058	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2907	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2927
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2923	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3021	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3018	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2837
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3093	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3030	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3217	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3111
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3116	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3076	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2859	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2967
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2849	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2898

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease