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