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: 3751	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3258	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3095	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2790
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2839	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2764	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2653	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3244
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3254	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3313	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3144	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3185
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3206	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3231	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3264	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3047
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3351	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3259	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3474	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3407
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3393	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3268	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3123	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3214
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3074	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3159

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease