Employment Percentage
11.20689655
SOC ID
19-1011
SOC Title
Animal Scientists
ONET ID
19-1011.00
ONET Concat ID
19101100
Median Salary
54738.29
EMSI Interest Area Term
Ed Level High School
0
Ed Level Certificate
0
Ed Level Some College
0
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
14.81
Ed Level Masters
25.93
Ed Level Doctors
59.259998
Typical Ed Level
a Doctoral degree or more
Career Description
Conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.
Core Tasks
- Study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials.
- Advise producers about improved products and techniques that could enhance their animal production efforts.
- Develop improved practices in feeding, housing, sanitation, or parasite and disease control of animals.
- Write up or orally communicate research findings to the scientific community, producers, and the public.
- Study effects of management practices, processing methods, feed, or environmental conditions on quality and quantity of animal products, such as eggs and milk.
- Conduct research concerning animal nutrition, breeding, or management to improve products or processes.
- Research and control animal selection and breeding practices to increase production efficiency and improve animal quality.
- Determine genetic composition of animal populations and heritability of traits, using principles of genetics.
- Crossbreed animals with existing strains or cross strains to obtain new combinations of desirable characteristics.
Start Annual Earnings
46330.32
Top Annual Earnings
79228.25
EMSI Career Title Slug
animal-scientist