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| Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety. |
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| Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants. |
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| Attach rubber collecting sheaths to genitals of tethered bull and stimulate animal's organ to induce ejaculation. |
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| Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification. |
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| Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards. |
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| Clip or shear hair on animals. |
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| Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury. |
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| 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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| Exhibit animals at shows. |
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| Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches. |
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| Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger. |
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| Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred. |
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| Measure specified amounts of semen into calibrated syringes, and insert syringes into inseminating guns. |
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| Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary. |
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| Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration. |
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| Perform procedures such as animal dehorning or castration. |
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| Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases. |
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| Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen. |
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| Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets. |
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| Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics. |
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| Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries. |