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A barely explored aspect of the virgin lands campaign is related to its impact on the epidemiology of animal diseases. This paper describes, for the first time, the changes experienced by Kazakhstan during the implementation of the virgin lands campaign, offering a perspective on how those changes may have affected the occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and anthrax. Newly organized livestock premises and processing plants were created, which increased the concentration and intensification of animal production, in the absence of effective disease control plans. The initial increase in FMD prevalence may have been explained by the concentration of susceptible animals in the absence of appropriate control measures, followed by a decrease in disease incidence, probably explained by the enhancement of control measures associated with the formalization of livestock production, including improvements in vaccine quality. In contrast, soil degradation and the increase in the number of livestock, which resulted in a large number of animals buried in inappropriate conditions, may explain the sustained increase in the incidence of anthrax. The results presented here help to document the history of animal diseases in the country and ultimately contribute to the design of holistic strategies to support Kazakhstan\u2019s development.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2025.1549307","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,2]],"date-time":"2025-06-02T05:22:51Z","timestamp":1748841771000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["The virgin lands campaign and the occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease and anthrax in the Republic of Kazakhstan (1955\u20131970)"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Yersyn Y.","family":"Mukhanbetkaliyev","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ablaikhan S.","family":"Kadyrov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maxat A.","family":"Berdikulov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aizada A.","family":"Mukhanbetkaliyeva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alimzhan S.","family":"Kadyrov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Assylbek A.","family":"Zhanabayev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fedor I.","family":"Korennoy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andres M.","family":"Perez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sarsenbay K.","family":"Abdrakhmanov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","author":"Akhat","year":"2019"},{"key":"ref2","year":"2021"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"237","DOI":"10.1007\/978-90-481-9920-4_15","article-title":"Turning the Soviet Union into Iowa: the virgin lands program in the Soviet Union","volume-title":"Engineering earth","author":"Rowe","year":"2011"},{"key":"ref4","first-page":"53","article-title":"Economics as an instrument of the policy of the soviet state (the \"virgin land\" project)","volume":"83","author":"Soshneva","year":"2014","journal-title":"Bull Novgorod State Univ Yaroslav Wise"},{"key":"ref5","first-page":"24","volume-title":"Economic, demographic, and ecological consequences of the development of rural and rural lands in Kazakhstan (1950-1990-yegg XX century) [abstract of the dissertation of the candidate of historical sciences: 07.00.02]","author":"Abdirayimova","year":"2007"},{"key":"ref6","first-page":"232","volume-title":"Khrushchev and the development of soviet agriculture. 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