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