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: 15433	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14233	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13731	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13784
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13689	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13846	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 13559	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14423
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14330	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14636	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14537	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14128
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14166	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14192	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13932	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13767
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15920	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15684	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16022	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 15891
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14530	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14369	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14243	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14323
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13945	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 14361

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease