About the Authors

Rebecca C. Tatum

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Rachel S. Dean

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

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.