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: 5904	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5307	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5153	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5049
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5037	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 5041	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4905	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5410
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5397	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5416	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5313	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5278
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5326	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5330	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5264	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5087
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6112	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6030	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6238	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6128
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5508	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5323	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5204	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5284
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5173	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 5276

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease