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