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