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: 9941	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9292	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9015	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8934
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8849	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8917	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8771	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9425
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9390	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9432	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9458	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9242
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9282	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9243	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9134	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8937
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10482	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10341	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10494	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 10385
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9501	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9316	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9173	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9266
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9113	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 9188

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease