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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
- 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
- Canary Breeder
- Bee Breeder
- Aviculturist
- Artificial Inseminator
- Animal Husbandry Technician
- Animal Husbandman
- Animal Breeder
Tasks for “Pigeon Fancier”
- Perform procedures such as animal dehorning or castration.
- Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety.
- Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.
- Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration.
- Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.
- Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.
- Attach rubber collecting sheaths to genitals of tethered bull and stimulate animal's organ to induce ejaculation.
- Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification.
- Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
- Clip or shear hair on animals.
- Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
- Exhibit animals at shows.
- Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen.
- 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.
- Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants.
- Examine semen microscopically to assess and record density and motility of gametes, and dilute semen with prescribed diluents, according to formulas.
- Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.
- 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.
- Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laboratory benchtop centrifuges
- Densimeters
- Tattoo equipment
- Lead radiology aprons
- Spectroscopes
- DNA typing kits
- Hormone testing kits
- Horse breeding chutes
- Lethal injection equipment
- Stage warmers
- Automatic watering devices
- Livestock restraint treatment stalls
- Animal blood collection syringes
- Semen collection kits
- Dehorners
- Automated feed batch mixers
- Artificial vaginas
- Handheld computers
- Dummy mares
- Birth alarms
- Personal computers
- Ear tagging equipment
- Laboratory water baths
- Animal blood analyzers
- Liquid nitrogen storage tank
- Computer laser printers
- Mechanical laboratory incubators
- Semen collection containers
- Branding equipment
- Submersible stock tank heaters
- Laser facsimile machines
- Animal vaccination syringes
- Agar plates
- Sperm counters
- Laboratory dropping pipettes
- Ovulation prediction monitors
- Laptop computers
- Animal pregnancy testing kits
- Microchip scanners
- Desktop computers
- External ultrasound units
- Artificial insemination syringes
- Laboratory binocular microscopes
- Compact digital cameras
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