Post natal ovarian development in barki ewes

ABSTRACT

30 Barki ewes were mated to rams of the same breed. All the female lambs born to these matings [24 ewes] were sacrificed at different ages [1, 30, 90, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 360 and 729 days after birth]. Ovary was serially sectioned at 8U and prepared for histological examination. Quantitative estimation of primordial follicle indicated that a decline in the number of primordial is associated with an increase in the number of growing follicles, mature and atretic one