What's the difference between springhalt and stringhalt?

Springhalt

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(n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock.

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(1) Deep peroneal nerve conduction studies in four horses with Australian Stringhalt showed a substantial reduction in nerve conduction velocity and when stimulated at 50 Hz were unable to sustain activation of the long digital extensor muscle.
(2) A detailed investigation of the neuropathology of a horse affected with stringhalt was performed.
(3) Nine horses with clinical signs of Australian Stringhalt were killed and tissues collected for a detailed pathological study.
(4) In addition 10 cases of false or atypical stringhalt were examined.
(5) The distribution of neuromuscular lesions in Australian Stringhalt may be explained by the susceptibility of longer, larger myelinated nerve fibres to injury, but the cause for this distal axonopathy remains unknown.
(6) An investigation of 78 cases of typical Australian Stringhalt from 52 properties in Victoria was carried out from 1985 to 1987.
(7) The range of clinical signs exhibited by horses with Australian Stringhalt was described and a grading system proposed to classify horses according to severity of signs.
(8) Detailed soil and pasture analysis was carried out on 14 properties where Australian Stringhalt had occurred.