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|book = Ornamental Fish Q&A}}
[[File:Ornamental Fish 04a.jpg|centre|500px]]
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[[File:Ornamental Fish 04b.jpg|centre|500px]]
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'''This is a radiograph of a goldfish that was found swimming upside down at the surface.'''
'''The top radiograph is of a goldfish that was found swimming upside down at the surface.'''
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|q1=What is abnormal about this film?
|q1=What is abnormal about this film?
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The caudal sac of the swim bladder is ventral to the anterior sac. A radiographic image of a normal goldfish swim bladder is shown here. This fish died and at necropsy a swim-bladder torsion was diagnosed.
The caudal sac of the swim bladder is ventral to the anterior sac. A radiographic image of a normal goldfish swim bladder is shown below the first radiograph. This fish died and at necropsy a swim-bladder torsion was diagnosed.
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|l1=Buoyancy Disorders
|q2=Is there any treatment for this condition?
|q2=Is there any treatment for this condition?
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Surgical correction would be an option, but such a procedure would be both risky and expensive. Aspiration of air from the caudal
Surgical correction would be an option, but such a procedure would be both risky and expensive. Aspiration of air from the caudal
compartment might temporarily correct the problem.
compartment might temporarily correct the problem.
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|l2=Buoyancy Disorders#Treatment
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