Animal Scientists
Animal Scientists
Career outlook for
Animal Scientists
What's it like?
Conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.
Working conditions
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.
Top Skills
- Science.
- Reading Comprehension.
- Writing.
- Speaking.
- Critical Thinking.
- Active Listening.
- Complex Problem Solving.
- Judgment and Decision Making.
- Systems Analysis.
Monitoring. - Mathematics.
- Learning Strategies.
- Coordination.
- Systems Evaluation.
- Instructing.
- Time Management.
- Social Perceptiveness.
- Persuasion.
- Service Orientation.