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: 3491	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3024	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2906	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2568
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2641	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2596	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2475	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3027
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3056	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3093	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2938	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2977
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2958	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3064	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3059	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2862
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3133	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3078	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3261	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3151
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3156	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3118	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2900	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3016
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2879	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2942

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease