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Automation Squad

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AI for Animal Breeders

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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.

Animal Breeders · O*NET 45-2021.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

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AI you can use for this job

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The tools this job actually uses

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  • Adobe Acrobathot
  • Adobe Creative Cloud softwarehot
  • Adobe Illustratorhot
  • Adobe InDesignhot
  • Adobe Photoshophot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft SharePointhot
  • Microsoft Windowshot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Breedtrak
  • Email software
  • KinTraks
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Questionmark Perception
  • Respondus
  • Reudink Software ZooEasy
  • VSN International GenStat
  • Winners Programs BirdStud
  • Winners Programs Uni-Stud

What this job involves

21 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 21.

  1. Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
  2. Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
  3. Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.
  4. Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants.
  5. Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases.
  6. Purchase and stock supplies of feed and medicines.
  7. Bathe and groom animals.
  8. Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.
  9. Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.
  10. Exercise animals to keep them in healthy condition.
  11. Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety.
  12. Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards.
  13. Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.
  14. Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred.
  15. Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification.
  16. Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger.
  17. Clip or shear hair on animals.
  18. Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration.
  19. Exhibit animals at shows.
  20. Measure specified amounts of semen into calibrated syringes, and insert syringes into inseminating guns.
  21. Examine semen microscopically to assess and record density and motility of gametes, and dilute semen with prescribed diluents, according to formulas.
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