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Abstract The current study was undertaken to elucidate the effect of ovarian status in breeding and non-breeding season on the ovarian biometry, oocyte yield and oocyte quality of Baladi goats. During breeding season and non-breeding season, ovaries were collected from slaughter houses and classified with or without CLs. Oocytes were collected by slicing and their yield, category and recovery rate were determined. Results, ovarian width was significantly higher (P<0.001) in breeding than in non-breeding season. However, ovarian weight,length and thickness tended to be insignificant higher in breeding than in nonbreeding season. Also, Number of follicles and oocytes per ovary was affected significantly (P<0.001) by breeding season. In addition, doe ovaries significantly yielded greater number of COCs, (P<0.0001) and denuded oocytes (P<0.05) as well as higher proportion of COCs (P<0.001) per ovary in breeding season than in non-breeding one. Although number of degenerated oocytes per ovary was not affected significantly by season, its proportion was significantly (P<0.001) lower in breeding than in non-breading season. However. |