CCP#039 – Career Call with Jim Oltjen - Cooperative Extension Animal Management Systems Specialist – UC Davis

<p>Welcome to the CattleCal podcast! In the career call of the month, Brooke Latack and I called Dr. James Oltjen. Doctor Oltjen is the Cooperative Extension Animal Management Systems Specialist. In the current episode, Dr. Oltjen talked about his background in mathematics, physics, and music, and how it helped him during his career. He also talked about his work in California, his sabbatical in different places of the world, and a lot of things about cattle and career as an extension professional in agriculture. Do not miss the opportunity to listen about Dr. Oltjen's career.</p> <p>Dr. Oltjen's TopTip:</p> <p>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain</p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Huckleberry-Finn-Mark-Twain/dp/0486280616/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Huckleberry+Finn&amp;qid=1639000408&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTjgwT1NJN01SOUZKJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUExMDI2NzY4U05MUE1DQUFLMVkzJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA2MDE5NTAxT1lVT1ZGRVhKU0FIJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Huckleberry-Finn-Mark-Twain/dp/0486280616/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Huckleberry+Finn&amp;qid=1639000408&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTjgwT1NJN01SOUZKJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUExMDI2NzY4U05MUE1DQUFLMVkzJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA2MDE5NTAxT1lVT1ZGRVhKU0FIJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==</a></p> <p>The Fire of Life; an Introduction to Animal Energetics - Max Kleiber&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Life-Introduction-Animal-Energetics/dp/B0000CL7Y4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fire+of+life+max+kleiber&amp;qid=1639000502&amp;sr=8-1</a></p> <p>Enjoy the call.</p> <p>Follow CattleCal on Instagram: &nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cattlecal/"><strong>https://www.instagram.com/cattlecal/</strong></a></p> <p>Subscribe to our monthly newsletter: <a href="http://ceimperial.ucanr.edu/news_359/CattleCal_483/"><strong>http://ce