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