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