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.

  • Exercise animals to keep them in healthy condition.
  • Observe animals in heat 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.