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"Animal Breeder"
Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

Basic Job Description:

Breed animals, including cattle, goats, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, dogs, cats, or pet birds. Select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. May require a knowledge of artificial insemination techniques and equipment use. May involve keeping records on heats, birth intervals, or pedigree.

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge

 

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Animal Breeder"

1) Adjust controls in order to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety.

2) Attach rubber collecting sheaths to genitals of tethered bull, and stimulate animal's organ in order to induce ejaculation.

 

3) Confine roosters (pinioning) in order to collect semen in vial.

4) Examine animals in order to detect symptoms of illness or injury.

5) Examine semen microscopically in order to assess and record density and motility of gametes, and dilute semen with prescribed diluents according to formulas.


 

6) Incubate eggs to induce hatching.

7) Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger.

8) Inject semen into hens' oviducts or through holes in egg shells.

9) Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred.

10) Measure specified amounts of semen into calibrated syringes, and insert syringes into inseminating guns.

11) Observe animals in heat in order to detect approach of estrus, and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.

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12) Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration.

13) Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen.

14) Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.

 

15) Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.

16) Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants.

17) Brand, tattoo, or tag animals in order to allow animal identification.

18) Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards.

19) Clip or shear hair on animals.

20) Exhibit animals at shows.

21) Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.

22) Kill animals, remove their pelts, and arrange for sale of pelts.

23) Milk cows and goats.

24) Perform procedures such as animal dehorning or castration.

25) Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder, in order to protect animals from diseases.

26) Treat minor injuries and ailments, and contact veterinarians in order to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.

Job Description for "Animal Breeder" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge


"Animal Breeder"   Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  R-I-E        SOC:  45-2021.00


 

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