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Animal Scientists
$69.39K Median Salary 400 Job Openings (Annual Projection) 11.4% Job Growth
About This Career
Conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.
Reported Job Titles
Animal Nutrition Consultant, Animal Nutritionist, Animal Scientist, Beef Cattle Nutritionist, Beef Cattle Specialist, Companion Animal Nutritionist, Dairy Nutrition Consultant, Dairy Research Nutritionist, Research Scientist, Scientist
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Speech Clarity
Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Category Flexibility
Information Ordering
Near Vision
Fluency of Ideas
Speech Recognition
Mathematical Reasoning
Number Facility
Originality
Selective Attention
Far Vision
Flexibility of Closure
Perceptual Speed
Knowledge
Biology
Mathematics
English Language
Chemistry
Food Production
Education and Training
Customer and Personal Service
Computers and Electronics
Sales and Marketing
Administration and Management
Skills
Reading Comprehension
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Science
Writing
Active Learning
Active Listening
Speaking
Monitoring
Systems Analysis
Mathematics
Learning Strategies
Systems Evaluation
Time Management
Coordination
Social Perceptiveness
Instructing
Management of Personnel Resources
Negotiation
Persuasion
Service Orientation
Technology Skills
Analytical or scientific software
Presentation software
Data base user interface and query software
Spreadsheet software
Geographic information system
Electronic mail software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Computer aided design CAD software
Business intelligence and data analysis software
Human resources software
Internet browser software
Tools
Animal husbandry equipment
Stunner
Densitometers
Incubators or brooders for poultry
Laboratory flasks
Spectrophotometers
Animal weighing scales
Drying cabinets or ovens
Petri plates or dishes
Calorimeters
Gas burners
Circulating baths
Freeze dryers or lyopholizers
Microcentrifuges
Dry wall single chamber carbon dioxide incubators
Hybridization ovens or incubators
Deoxyribonucleic sequence analyzers
Gel dryers
Laboratory balances
Fume hoods or cupboards
Rapid amplification or complementary deoxyribonucleic acid ends RACE technology products
Immersion circulators
Notebook computers
Chopping machinery
Gas chromatographs
Laboratory beakers
Handheld thermometer
Dropping pipettes
Veterinary castration instruments
Stirring hotplates
Laminar flow cabinets or stations
Reactors or fermenters or digesters
Feed mixers
Gel documentation systems
Oxygen sensors
Electrophoresis system accessories
Commercial use food grinders
Laboratory graduated cylinders
Hematology analyzers
Histology sampling and dissecting stations
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph probes
Photo attachments for microscopes
Water baths
Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
Veterinary injection or suction unit
High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
Analytical balances
Infrared spectrometers
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Scientific calculator
Specimen collection container
Vacuum ovens
Restraints
Conductivity meters
Binocular light compound microscopes
Orbital shaking water baths
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Liquid scintillation counters
Microscope slides
Triple beam balances
Tissue culture incubators
Benchtop centrifuges
Homogenizers
Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
Hydrometers
Blood collection syringes
Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
Desktop computers
Ultracentrifuges
Personal computers
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