“…Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is the endocrine disease found most frequently in horses (Frank, ). In addition to horses, donkeys and mules may also suffer from PPID (Burden, ; Mendoza, Toribio, & Perez‐Ecija, ; Peel, Bouts, Flach, Rivers, & Routh, ; Sprayson, ). However, only a few publications concerning the latter are available (Schwarz, ) and results from horse studies may not simply be transferred to donkeys and mules (Coakley, Peck, Taylor, Matthews, & Mealey, ; Duffield, ; Levionnois, ; Pietta & Bartmann, ; Trawford, ).…”