Origin of the domestic dog Neolithic dog specimens with sequences from over 5,000 dogs and wolves. These Neolithic dog specimens included a dog sample from the Early Neolithic site in Herxheim, Germany dated 7,000 YBP, one from the Late Neolithic site of Kirschbaum (Cherry Tree) Cave near Forchheim, Germany dated 4,700 YBP, and one found in the Late Neolithic passage grave at Newgrange, Ireland dated 4,800 YBP. The study calculated a mutation rate for the 7,000 YBP Neolithic dog and found that it matched the mutation rate of the Taimyr-1 specimen, and noted that this also matched the mutation rate for the Newgrange dog that
Ticks of domestic animals create a potentially fatal inflammatory crisis of the blood. The name redwater (coloured urine) derives from the hemoglobinuria caused by the destruction of red blood cells infected with the merozoite stage of "Babesia"; anemia results from the same destruction. Horses suffer babesiosis or biliary fever when infected by "Ba. equi" or "B. caballi". This occurs in many countries where vector ticks are found, such as "R. e. evertsi", "Hy. truncatum", and "D. nitens". Dogs are at risk from severe infection with "Ba. canis" and its subspecies, transmitted by the dog ticks "R. sanguineus", "D. reticulatus", and "Ha. leachi". Domestic cats