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Job Description
Select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. May require knowledge of artificial insemination techniques and equipment use. May involve keeping records on heats, birth intervals, or pedigree.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-2021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 42,340.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
- Currently, there are 1,270 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Animal Breeders”.
Also Known As…
- Animal Breeders
- Stallion Manager
- Equine Breeder
- Dog Breeder
- Cattery Operator
- Cat Breeder
- Broodmare Foreman
- Breeding Manager
- Breeder
- Artificial Insemination Technician (AI Technician)
- Animal Technician
- Reptile Farmer
- Rat Culturist
- Rabbit Fancier
- Poultry Inseminator
- Poultry Husbandry Worker
- Poultry Husbandman
- Poultry Breeder
- Pigeon Fancier
- Livestock Rancher
- Livestock Breeder
- Large Animal Husbandry Technician
- Kennel Operator
- Kennel Keeper
- Husbandry Technician
- Horse Trainer
- Horse Breeder
- Hog Confinement System Manager
- Fur Farmer
- Equine Pharmacology Technician
- Equine Manager
- Dairy Husbandry Worker
- Dairy Husbandman
- Chicken Fancier
- Canary Breeder
- Bee Breeder
- Aviculturist
- Artificial Inseminator
- Animal Husbandman
- Animal Breeder
Tasks for “Animal Husbandry Technician”
- Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
- Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred.
- Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration.
- Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.
- Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases.
- Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger.
- Measure specified amounts of semen into calibrated syringes, and insert syringes into inseminating guns.
- Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.
- Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.
- Attach rubber collecting sheaths to genitals of tethered bull and stimulate animal's organ to induce ejaculation.
- Clip or shear hair on animals.
- Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards.
- Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
- Exhibit animals at shows.
- Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification.
- Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety.
- Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.
- Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants.
- Perform procedures such as animal dehorning or castration.
- Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen.
- Examine semen microscopically to assess and record density and motility of gametes, and dilute semen with prescribed diluents, according to formulas.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laser facsimile machines
- Animal blood collection syringes
- Personal computers
- Semen collection containers
- Semen collection kits
- Horse breeding chutes
- Animal pregnancy testing kits
- Animal blood analyzers
- Computer laser printers
- Lead radiology aprons
- Microchip scanners
- Agar plates
- Compact digital cameras
- Dummy mares
- Tattoo equipment
- DNA typing kits
- Dehorners
- Birth alarms
- External ultrasound units
- Livestock restraint treatment stalls
- Lethal injection equipment
- Submersible stock tank heaters
- Laboratory dropping pipettes
- Stage warmers
- Desktop computers
- Liquid nitrogen storage tank
- Densimeters
- Hormone testing kits
- Laboratory water baths
- Artificial vaginas
- Animal vaccination syringes
- Automated feed batch mixers
- Ovulation prediction monitors
- Artificial insemination syringes
- Mechanical laboratory incubators
- Branding equipment
- Ear tagging equipment
- Sperm counters
- Spectroscopes
- Handheld computers
- Laboratory binocular microscopes
- Automatic watering devices
- Laptop computers
- Laboratory benchtop centrifuges
- Email software
- Questionmark Perception
- Respondus
- Microsoft Office
- Winners Programs BirdStud
- KinTraks
- Winners Programs Uni-Stud
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Excel
- Breedtrak
- VSN International GenStat
- Reudink Software ZooEasy