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