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Research linked to local vet clinic


	By: Sheila Crowley, staff writer	June 13, 2012

MURRAY COUNTY NEWS PHOTO Slayton Vet Clinic staff: From left, Kim Ruppert, Stacie Schuur, Dr. Connie McNab, Dr. Marie Buschschutte, Chelsea Hussong, Dr. Andrew Bents. Not pictured: Dale Bestge and Amanda Schreckengost.	A simple explanation is the bull blood is used to develop a FISH probe for the X and Y chromosomes of bovines.

Little did Shannon Knuth know that her hometown ties would actually aide in a research project. Knuth works for Cellay, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A 1988 graduate of Slayton High School, Knuth has been working with Cellay for the past three years.

Technically Knuth is the Director of Marketing and Technical Support, however, when a recent research project called for bull blood, Knuth tied her Slayton roots to the project and knew just who to call. With the Knuth family raising Percherons over the past several years, Knuth had met Connie McNab of the Slayton Vet Clinic. So naturally when this particular need arose, she quickly dialed up Connie McNab of the Slayton Vet Clinic to explain the situation. “Growing up in area, I knew that there were plenty of farmers with cows so I figured it was worth a phone call to see if Connie could get us a blood sample from a male bovine,” explained Knuth. “We didn’t need very much, but we needed it collected in a specific type of collection tube.”

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