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: 15307	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14105	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13668	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13676
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13603	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13752	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13478	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14301
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14222	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14549	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14416	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14034
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14078	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14106	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13850	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13696
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15822	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15582	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15884	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15785
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14401	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14283	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14122	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14228
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13853	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14265

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease