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: 4504	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3973	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3843	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3761
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3772	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3732	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3637	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4031
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4024	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4025	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3945	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3946
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3990	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3992	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3993	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3801
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4516	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4486	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4656	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4573
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4167	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4005	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3885	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3963
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3849	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3914

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease