| Jennie McClay, was chosen as a representative of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine at the annual Smith-Kilborne program. The program hosted by the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Plum Island Animal Diseases Center of Long Island, NY, was designed to acquaint veterinary students with foreign animal diseases that potentially can threaten domestic animals. McClay was one of 30 veterinary students representing the 28 veterinary colleges across the US at the June 2009 program.
The Smith-Kilborne program was founded by the US Department of Agriculture in honor of two former employees who discovered the transmission method for Texas cattle fever. The center has been in operation for 50 years and is the nation's first line of defense against foreign animal disease that may cause catastrophic economic losses in the domestic animal industries and exports. The safety and security of the facility has been managed by the Department of Homeland Security since 2003.
Jennie is the daughter of Deidre Edwards of Joplin.
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