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