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: 14041	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13114	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12635	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12658
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12527	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12756	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 12540	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13281
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13241	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13296	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13322	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13054
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13108	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13066	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12763	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12568
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14591	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14355	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14592	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 14484
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13375	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13185	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13028	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13118
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 12870	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 13115

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease