A professional who conducts research in breeding, feeding, and management of poultry. Responsibilities include:

• Examines selection and breeding practices to increase efficiency of production and improve quality of poultry products (animal breeder).
• Studies nutritional requirements of various classes of poultry.
• Develops improved practices in incubation, brooding, feeding, rearing, housing, artificial insemination, and disease and parasite prevention and control.
• Studies effects of management practices and processing methods on quality of eggs and other poultry products.
• May specialize in artificial insemination.