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Daily Tasks
| Adjust controls in order to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety. | | Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants. | | Attach rubber collecting sheaths to genitals of tethered bull, and stimulate animal's organ in order to induce ejaculation. | | Brand, tattoo, or tag animals in order to allow animal identification. | | Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards. | | Clip or shear hair on animals. | | Examine animals in order to detect symptoms of illness or injury. | | Examine semen microscopically in order to assess and record density and motility of gametes, and dilute semen with prescribed diluents according to formulas. | | Exhibit animals at shows. | | Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches. | | 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. | | Measure specified amounts of semen into calibrated syringes, and insert syringes into inseminating guns. | | Observe animals in heat in order to detect approach of estrus, and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary. | | Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration. | | Perform procedures such as animal dehorning or castration. | | Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder, in order to protect animals from diseases. | | Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen. | | 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. | | Treat minor injuries and ailments, and contact veterinarians in order to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries. |
Daily Work Activities
| Administer injections. | | Administer medications or treatments. | | Use herbicides, fertilizers, pesticides or related products. | | Identify livestock characteristics. | | Maintain records, reports, or files. | | Negotiate business contracts. | | Clean rooms or work areas. | | Package goods for shipment or storage. | | Treat medical condition of patient. | | Recognize disease or parasites in animals. | | Slaughter animals, fish, or poultry. | | Weigh patients. | | Hire, discharge, transfer, or promote workers. | | Construct, erect, or repair wooden frameworks or structures. | | Artificially inseminate livestock. | | Direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff. | | Examine animals to detect illness, disease, or injury. | | Select animals to be bred. | | Feed or water animals. | | Groom animals. | | Maintain or repair farm vehicles, machinery, or mechanical implements. | | Operate agricultural equipment or machinery. | | Build or repair pens, yards, or cages. | | Breed animals to propagate stock or to develop new types. | | Maintain production or work records. | | Monitor forage plant growth. | | Resolve animal breeding problems. | | Use animal disease control techniques. | | Resolve or assist workers to resolve work problems. | | Tan or dress animal pelts. |
Other Work Activities
| Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. | | Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
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Schools Offering Degrees for
Animal Breeders |
 | Sanford-Brown Institute | Campus | Pittsburgh, PA 15219 | | Bradford School | Campus | Columbus, OH 43219 | | Indiana Business College | Campus | Indianapolis, IN 46278 | | Argosy University | Campus | Eagan, MN 55121 | | Minnesota School of Business | Campus | Oakdale, MN 55128 | | Minnesota School of Business | Campus | Shakopee, MN 55379 | | Minnesota School of Business | Campus | Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 | | Minnesota School of Business | Campus | Plymouth, MN 55447 | | Duluth Business University | Campus | Dultuh, MN 55807 | | Minnesota School of Business | Campus | Rochester, MN 55901 | | Minnesota School of Business | Campus | Waite Park, MN 56387 | | Sanford-Brown College | Campus | Saint Peters, MO 63376 | | Vatterott College | Campus | Omaha, NE 68137 | | Virginia College at Austin | Campus | Austin, TX 78723 | | Utah Career College | Campus | West Jordan, UT 84088 | | High-Tech Institute | Campus | Phoenix, AZ 85014 | | American Medical College of Homeopathy | Campus | Phoenix, AZ 85015 | | Apollo College | Campus | Phoenix, AZ 85017 | | Long Technical College | Campus | Phoenix, AZ 85029 | | Long Technical College | Campus | Phoenix, AZ 85029 | | Apollo College | Campus | Mesa, AZ 85210 | | Apollo College | Campus | Tucson, AZ 85705 | | Western Career College | Campus | Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 | | Western Career College | Campus | San Jose, CA 95119 | | Western Career College | Campus | Stockton, CA 95207 | | Western Career College | Campus | San Leandro, CA 95478 | | Western Career College | Campus | Citrus Heights, CA 95621 | | Western Career College | Campus | Sacramento, CA 95826 | | Apollo College | Campus | Portland, OR 97232 | | Pima Medical Institute | Campus | Renton, WA 98057 | | Pima Medical Institute | Campus | Seattle, WA 98115 | | Apollo College | Campus | Spokane, WA 99206 |
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