| gross signs and histopathology of branchiostegal blister disease (balloon disease): an idiopathic disease of farmed macrobrachium rosenbergii (de man). | the giant freshwater prawn, macrobrachium rosenbergii, is facing increased threat due to disease as its culture becomes more widespread. a disease characterized by the swelling of the branchiostegal region and deformities of the appendages, named balloon disease by farmers, has caused considerable economic loss in the nellore region of andhra pradesh, india. clinical signs of diseased animals include a voluminous hypertrophy of some gill filaments and the inner area of the branchiostegite. by hi ... | 2005 | 16159365 |