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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
- Artificial Inseminator
- Animal Husbandry Technician
- Animal Husbandman
- Animal Breeder
Tasks for “Aviculturist”
- 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.
- Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards.
- Measure specified amounts of semen into calibrated syringes, and insert syringes into inseminating guns.
- Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
- Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger.
- Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification.
- Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.
- 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.
- Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants.
- Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety.
- Clip or shear hair on animals.
- Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.
- Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred.
- Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
- Attach rubber collecting sheaths to genitals of tethered bull and stimulate animal's organ to induce ejaculation.
- Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration.
- Exhibit animals at shows.
- Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.
- Perform procedures such as animal dehorning or castration.
Related Technology & Tools
- Branding equipment
- Agar plates
- Artificial vaginas
- Laser facsimile machines
- Densimeters
- Automatic watering devices
- Ovulation prediction monitors
- Hormone testing kits
- Lethal injection equipment
- Personal computers
- Laboratory dropping pipettes
- Laboratory water baths
- Laboratory benchtop centrifuges
- Semen collection containers
- Animal pregnancy testing kits
- Animal blood collection syringes
- Semen collection kits
- Birth alarms
- Stage warmers
- Animal blood analyzers
- Submersible stock tank heaters
- Dummy mares
- Microchip scanners
- Horse breeding chutes
- Laptop computers
- Ear tagging equipment
- Sperm counters
- Dehorners
- External ultrasound units
- Laboratory binocular microscopes
- Artificial insemination syringes
- Livestock restraint treatment stalls
- DNA typing kits
- Automated feed batch mixers
- Spectroscopes
- Handheld computers
- Desktop computers
- Computer laser printers
- Animal vaccination syringes
- Liquid nitrogen storage tank
- Mechanical laboratory incubators
- Tattoo equipment
- Lead radiology aprons
- Compact digital cameras
- Respondus
- Questionmark Perception
- Microsoft Excel
- VSN International GenStat
- Breedtrak
- Email software
- Microsoft Office
- Winners Programs Uni-Stud
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Winners Programs BirdStud
- Reudink Software ZooEasy
- KinTraks