This study was undertaken to investigate the presence and the frequency of pathological changes in female genital organs and their ligaments in goats slaughtered in Elazığ abattoirs. For this purpose, ovarium and oviduct and their ligaments were examined in 4000 ordinary goats between April 1997 and December 1998. Having examined by postmortem inspection and palpation, sections prepared from the organs with lesions or suspected of having lesions were evaluated histopathologically. Among the cases examined, lesions were recorded in 168 (4.20%) in ovaries and 57 (1.42%) in oviducts. Major lesions observed in ovaries of these animals were parovarian cysts in 46 (1.15 %), cystic corpora lutea in 32 (0.80%), follicular cysts in 31 (0.77%), luteal cysts in 15 (0.37%), tuboovarian cysts in 3 (0.07%), oophoritis in 9 (0.22%), periovaritis–adhesion in 26 (0.65%), hermaphroditism in 2 (0.05%) and hypoplasia in 4 (0.10%) cases. In the oviduct, salpingitis in 15 (0.37%), pyosalpinx in 5 (0.12%), mesosalpingitis-adhesion in 21 (0.52%), hydrosalpinx in 10 (0.25%), agenesia in 2 (0.05 %) goats with hermaphroditism and melanosis in 4 cases (0.10%) were recorded.