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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 “Breeding Manager”
- Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
- Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.
- Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification.
- Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants.
- Clip or shear hair on animals.
- 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.
- Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases.
- 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.
- Examine semen microscopically to assess and record density and motility of gametes, and dilute semen with prescribed diluents, according to formulas.
- Attach rubber collecting sheaths to genitals of tethered bull and stimulate animal's organ to induce ejaculation.
- Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred.
- Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger.
- Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.
- Exhibit animals at shows.
- Perform procedures such as animal dehorning or castration.
- Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.
- Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration.
- Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen.
- Measure specified amounts of semen into calibrated syringes, and insert syringes into inseminating guns.
Related Technology & Tools
- External ultrasound units
- Handheld computers
- Laptop computers
- Livestock restraint treatment stalls
- Microchip scanners
- Lethal injection equipment
- Branding equipment
- Dehorners
- Spectroscopes
- Laser facsimile machines
- Compact digital cameras
- Artificial vaginas
- Ovulation prediction monitors
- Liquid nitrogen storage tank
- Laboratory dropping pipettes
- DNA typing kits
- Stage warmers
- Birth alarms
- Hormone testing kits
- Automatic watering devices
- Agar plates
- Mechanical laboratory incubators
- Animal blood collection syringes
- Dummy mares
- Animal blood analyzers
- Laboratory binocular microscopes
- Semen collection containers
- Personal computers
- Horse breeding chutes
- Densimeters
- Lead radiology aprons
- Animal pregnancy testing kits
- Sperm counters
- Submersible stock tank heaters
- Laboratory water baths
- Semen collection kits
- Automated feed batch mixers
- Tattoo equipment
- Computer laser printers
- Ear tagging equipment
- Desktop computers
- Laboratory benchtop centrifuges
- Animal vaccination syringes
- Artificial insemination syringes
- Respondus
- Winners Programs Uni-Stud
- Winners Programs BirdStud
- KinTraks
- Microsoft Office
- VSN International GenStat
- Reudink Software ZooEasy
- Email software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Breedtrak
- Questionmark Perception
- Microsoft Excel