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: 12999	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12246	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11831	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11804
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11732	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11862	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 11644	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12372
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12363	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12435	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12441	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12225
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12239	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12157	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11969	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 11789
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13617	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13426	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13604	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13502
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12476	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12304	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12129	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12233
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12030	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12167

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease