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: 4086	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3564	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3398	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3191
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3211	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3152	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3059	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3594
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3589	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3615	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3501	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3531
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3558	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3572	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3586	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3378
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3817	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3732	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3936	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3854
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3725	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3594	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3457	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3542
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3427	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3488

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease