Jessie Price (1930-2015) was an American veterinary microbiologist. She is recognized for her contributions to fighting microbial infections in commercial and wildlife birds, including the development of vaccines. A diligent worker, she was accepted into Cornell University free of tuition, partly due to her grades. In 1953, she was awarded a Bachelor of Science from the College of Agriculture. Gaining experience in the field of poultry sciences, she worked as a lab technician for several years under Dorsey Bruner at the Poultry Disease Research Farm at Cornell University. She then returned for graduate studies, earning her Master’s degree in 1958, then her PhD only a year later in 1959. In her doctoral studies, she isolated and cultured a major pathogen among farmed ducks, Pasteurella anatipesti By 1974, at the Cornell University Duck Research Laboratory, she was part of a team that developed vaccines to counter disease in farmed white pekin ducks, turkeys, and pigeons. In 1977, she moved to the National Wildlife Health Centre in Madison, Wisconsin, and shifted her focus to wildlife, notably on control of cholera in wild geese. During her time, Jessie Price was an adjunct professor at Long Island University, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), member of the American Society for Microbiology, and long-time executive member of Graduate Women in Science. Fun fact: She loved Welsh corgis and often took them to dog shows. Her most decorated corgi was named Clara. Further reading and contributions: Gillmer S. 2018. Jessie Isabelle Price (1930-2015). Retrieved from: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/price-jessie-isabelle-1930-2015/ Doctor to Long Island Ducks. Ebony. September 1964. Retrieved July 2020 from: https://books.google.ca/books?id=JaT6tBKGK3sC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=doctor%20to%20long%20island%20ducks&f=false Dean WF, Price JI, Leibovtiz L. 1973. Effect of feeding medicaments on bacterial infections in ducklings. J. Poultry Sci. 52: 549-558. Samuel MD, Shadduck DJ, Goldberg DR, Baranyuk V, Sileo L, Price JI. 1999. Antibodies against Pasteurella multocida in snow geese in the Western Arctic. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 440-449. Andrew Hogan PhD student
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