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: 15390	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14179	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13706	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13730
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13658	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13811	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13526	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14384
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14282	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14606	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14500	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14084
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14127	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14154	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13903	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13739
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15877	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15646	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15962	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15851
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14481	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14331	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14199	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14293
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13908	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14323

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease