A search engine is available for the site. Published by the U.S. Geological Survey's, Biological Resources Division, the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, and the USGS National Wetlands Research Center, references to literature concerning species and habitats not found in North America is limited. At April 2001, approximately 180 references include the word Australia and approximately 75 include New Zealand. The database contains references to a wide range of subjects including anatomy, physiology, behaviour and diseases of ducks from the 1800's to the 1990's. Publications available in either .html or .pdf format.
Most publications are in .pdf format.
Current Concepts in Broiler Production Current Concepts in Broiler Production is a publication of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System with the cooperation of the Department of Poultry Science at Auburn University. This publication is designed to provide information on new and emerging concepts in broiler and breeder production. The technical papers are divided by subject. Produced by Gene Pesti, from the University of Georgia, Department of Poultry Science, this site consists of 127 slides on chicken anatomy during dissection. The Avian Immune System Published on the Web by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, this fact sheet was written in 1991 and revised in 1995 by Dr. Gary Butcher and Dr. Richard Miles, both poultry specialists with the Institute.