The educational program at the 2014 American Association of Equine Practitioners' (AAEP) convention kicked off Sunday, Dec. 7, in Salt Lake City. The Horse team and several other attendees are tweeting live from the conference. Here's a collection of Sunday's top tweets and take-homes. Check back to TheHorse.com soon for recaps of conference presentations.

Are you following The Horse on Twitter? Follow @TheHorse for horse health news updates, as well as our editorial team for live event coverage from the AAEP convention: Stephanie Church (@TH_StephLChurch), Michelle Anderson (@TH_MNAnderson), Erica Larson (@TH_EricaLarson)  and Alexandra Beckstett (@TH_ABeckstett).