About the Authors
- Rebecca C. Tatum
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: rebecca.tatum@liverpool.ac.uk
Affiliations Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Cathy M. McGowan
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Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Rachel S. Dean
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Current address: Clinical Research and Excellence in Practice, Vet Partners, York, United Kingdom
Affiliation Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Joanne L. Ireland
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
As a collaborator Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Limited part funded this study, however, their only involvement in the priority setting partnership was to help disseminate the initial questionnaire to relevant participants. Both JI and CM have previously received funding for other specific equine endocrinology research projects from Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have no financial or personal relationships with other people or organisations that could inappropriately influence or bias the content of the paper.