Animal Scientists

Also called: Animal Nutritionist, Animal Scientist, Beef Cattle Nutritionist

Career Cluster: Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
What they do:
Conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.
On the job, you would:
  • Study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials.
  • Write up or orally communicate research findings to the scientific community, producers, and the public.
  • Develop improved practices in feeding, housing, sanitation, or parasite and disease control of animals.
KNOWLEDGE

Math and Science
  • biology
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • food production
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • reading work related information
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
People and Technology Systems
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Math
  • add, subtract, multiply, or divide
  • choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Ideas and Logic
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • notice when problems happen
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Initiative
  • Achievement/Effort
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Analytical or scientific software
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequence analysis software
  • SAS
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Structured query language SQL
EDUCATION


doctoral degree or master's degree
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK


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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.


Salary:
High: $162,000.00
Median: $70,140.00
Low: $46,240.00
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