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PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Humanities and Social Sciences
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1523732
This article is part of the Research Topic Epidemiology, prevention, and control of animal diseases in the “stan” countries of Central Asia View all 3 articles
Research in veterinary sciences in Kazakhstan (2018-2023): developments, gaps and opportunities
Provisionally accepted
Gulzhan N. Yessembekova 1
Akhylbek K. Kurishbayev 2,3
Aruzhan S. Abdrakhmanova 4 Kuantar D. Alikhanov 2,3 Asem Dj. Abenova 1
Andres M. Perez 5
Sarsenbay K. Abdrakhmanov 1*- 1 S.Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical Research University, Astana, Kazakhstan
- 2 Kazakh National Agrarian University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 3 National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 4 KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- 5 Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
This perspective paper provides a summary of the past history and present of veterinary research in Kazakhstan. The manuscript highlights the challenges faced by the country and the measures taken to over come those issues. The manuscript also described some of the existing gaps and provides a set of recommendations to continue support the development of veterinary research in the country.
Keywords: Kazakhstan, Veterinary sciences, Scientific projects, Publications, journals, researchers, PhD
Received: 06 Nov 2024; Accepted: 21 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yessembekova, Kurishbayev, Abdrakhmanova, Alikhanov, Abenova, Perez and Abdrakhmanov. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Sarsenbay K. Abdrakhmanov, S.Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical Research University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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