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: 3536	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3065	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2953	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2611
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2686	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2633	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2525	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3067
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3094	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3137	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2979	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3013
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3010	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3097	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3105	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2904
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3178	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3116	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3308	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3194
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3199	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3152	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2943	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3052
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2915	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2980

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease