The calf keeping adaptive technology in the «family farm» conditions

The way of calf breeding adaptive technology in the "family farm" conditions is considered in the article. The growth and development peculiarities of the calves bred in the conditions of the traditional technological system, accepted in the dairy cattle breeding, and also in the rooms with the unregulated thermal mode during the winter period depending on the transfer age and keeping method (in group and individual cages) are revealed. The economic efficiency of the various technological methods of the calf keeping is defined and the optimum way of their breeding up to 3-month age is established.