How do they match: Animal Breeders

  • Artificial Insemination Technician
  • Artificial Inseminator

  • 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.

  • Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen.
  • Examine semen microscopically to assess and record density and motility of gametes, and dilute semen with prescribed diluents, according to formulas.
  • Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger.
  • Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration.

  • Prepare materials or solutions for animal or plant use.