b'CONTENTS VOL XXXVINO. 9SEPTEMBER 2019TheHorse.comFEATURES DEPARTMENTS5 TRENDING NOW AT 10 Bringing Your Horse THEHORSE.COMHome 6 VIEWPOINT How to prepare yourself and your horse for backyard living.7 READER SERVICES & OUR CONTRIBUTORS8 THE RETURNOF VESICULARSTOMATITIS AAEP Forum> A closer look at the causes and effects of this summers out-break and how officials are containing it.23 A QUICK GUIDE TO MICRONUTRIENTS Nutrition> Learn how these vita-mins and minerals affect nearly every physiological function in the horses body.28 FIGURING OUT LIMB FRACTURES Step by Step >Fracture type, diagnosis, and treatment dictate a horses chances of recovery. 16 After the Immune Challenge If your horse survives one of these five infections, he might still suffer 34 SHOPPERS PADDOCK &lasting effects.ADVERTISING INDEXON THE COVER COMING NEXT MONTH THE HORSES PARTNERSIN EQUINE HEALTHMicronutrient GuideVesicular StomatitisLimb Fractures COVER PHOTO> Tips and Tricks for A AND ABOVE: ARND MNE DOIFAF IPCAIRATLN AEAREP| TheHorse.comBRONKHORSTAdministering Oral MedsSEPTEMBER 2019 > Feeding Senior Horses weva > What Were Learning From Research HerdsFOR HCAORRISNEGS atHOMEWHAT TO KNOYWO UB ESFTOARRET THE HORSE: YOUR GUIDE TO EQUINE HEALTH CARE Vol. XXXVI No. 9 (ISSN 1081-9711) is published monthly by The Horse Media Group LLC, 2365 Harrodsburg Rd #A200, Lexington KY 40504-3331. Periodicals postage paid at Lexington, KY, and at additional mailing ofces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care, 2365 Harrodsburg Rd #A200, Lexington KY 40504-3331. CIRCULATION QUERIES: Write us at the address given above. Annual subscription rates in U.S. Funds: United States, $24.00; Canada, $49.00 (includes GST and shipping); all others $65.00 (surface mail delivery) payable in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank. Unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, or slides will be carefully handled, but the Publisher makes no guarantee of a reply and will not be responsible for their safety or return. Do not submit original photographs or slides. No part may be reproduced by any means without permission. 2019 by The Horse Media Group LLC. THE HORSE: YOUR GUIDE TO EQUINE HEALTH CARE is a registered mark of The Horse Media Group LLC. Printed in the United States.4September 2019The Horse | TheHorse.com'