Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.

“Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.” is a core task performed by Animal Breeders. Among the occupation's 24 rated tasks, workers place it 17th by importance (#8 most important). About 86% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Care for plants or animals. in Assisting and Caring for Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches. · importance 4.8
• Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary. · importance 4.7
• Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases. · importance 4.5
• Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries. · importance 4.5
• Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants. · importance 4.5
• Purchase and stock supplies of feed and medicines. · importance 4.4
• Bathe and groom animals. · importance 4.3
• Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury. · importance 4.3
• Exercise animals to keep them in healthy condition. · importance 4.3
• Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety. · importance 4.0
• Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards. · importance 4.0
• Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets. · importance 4.0
• Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred. · importance 4.0
• Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Animal Breeders page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-8235}
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