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: 19209	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17059	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16790	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16717
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16730	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16945	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 16425	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17310
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17323	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17407	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17377	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17025
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17088	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17173	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16968	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16901
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19292	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19137	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19399	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 19652
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17661	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17398	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17154	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 17243
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 16993	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 18289

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease