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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
- 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
- Fur Farmer
- Equine Pharmacology Technician
- Equine Manager
- Dairy Husbandry Worker
- Dairy Husbandman
- Chicken Fancier
- Cat Breeder
- Canary Breeder
- Bee Breeder
- Aviculturist
- Artificial Inseminator
- Animal Husbandry Technician
- Animal Husbandman
- Animal Breeder
Tasks for “Cat Breeder”
- 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.
- Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases.
- 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.
- Perform procedures such as animal dehorning or castration.
- 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.
- Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety.
- Exhibit animals at shows.
- Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.
- 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.
- 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.
- Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
- Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.
- Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards.
- Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laboratory benchtop centrifuges
- Livestock restraint treatment stalls
- Mechanical laboratory incubators
- Submersible stock tank heaters
- DNA typing kits
- Ear tagging equipment
- Stage warmers
- Hormone testing kits
- Semen collection containers
- Horse breeding chutes
- Ovulation prediction monitors
- Animal vaccination syringes
- Handheld computers
- Tattoo equipment
- Densimeters
- Compact digital cameras
- Artificial vaginas
- Laboratory water baths
- Lead radiology aprons
- Automatic watering devices
- Laptop computers
- External ultrasound units
- Microchip scanners
- Birth alarms
- Dummy mares
- Laser facsimile machines
- Animal pregnancy testing kits
- Agar plates
- Animal blood analyzers
- Lethal injection equipment
- Personal computers
- Animal blood collection syringes
- Branding equipment
- Spectroscopes
- Laboratory dropping pipettes
- Liquid nitrogen storage tank
- Dehorners
- Automated feed batch mixers
- Semen collection kits
- Sperm counters
- Laboratory binocular microscopes
- Desktop computers
- Computer laser printers
- Artificial insemination syringes
- Breedtrak
- VSN International GenStat
- Reudink Software ZooEasy
- Winners Programs Uni-Stud
- Respondus
- Winners Programs BirdStud
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Email software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Questionmark Perception
- KinTraks