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: 3443	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2987	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2872	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2531
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2598	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2554	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2441	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2980
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3009	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3056	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2905	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2926
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2923	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3020	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3016	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2835
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3092	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3029	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3216	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3109
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3115	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3076	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2857	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2964
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2848	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2895

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease