Copies of existing scientific literature on poultry meat and egg research. The abstracts were generated or made available by the following organizations or individuals, starting about 1930: Institute of American Poultry Industries; University of Illinois; U.S. Egg and Poultry Magazine; Dr. George F. Stewart and A. Wade Brant.

This collection complements the approximately 25,000 card subject file, the 17,500 card author and the reprint file matching the subject card file, which are all located at the National Agricultural Library located at Beltsville, MD. The Poultry Egg and Meat Products Reference File, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis.