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