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