Science & Medicine
Jarra Jagne
Veterinarian and avian-health expert
A Gambian legacyJarra Jagne is a Gambian veterinarian whose career has combined poultry medicine, diagnostics, teaching and international disease response. After graduating from Cornell in 1990, she returned to practise in The Gambia and worked with livestock producers. She later supported avian-influenza responses internationally and became a professor of practice at Cornell.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Graduated from Cornell's veterinary college in 1990.
02Received Cornell veterinary college's Daniel Elmer Salmon alumni award in 2025.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
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