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Throughout the somatic migration, juveniles come across different microenvironments and tissues and encounter host leukocytes. Besides phagocytosis, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and degranulation, polymorphonuclear neutrophils also cast neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which can entrap several parasite species, including the closely related liver fluke <jats:italic>Fasciola hepatica<\/jats:italic>. In this study, we analyzed whether <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> exposure of bovine neutrophils to <jats:italic>C. daubneyi<\/jats:italic> antigen (<jats:italic>Cd<\/jats:italic>Ag) and eggs triggered neutrophils activation and NET formation. Results on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and immunofluorescence analyses show weak formation of short spread NETs upon <jats:italic>Cd<\/jats:italic>Ag stimulation, corroborated by increased extracellular DNA measurements. Likewise, early NETosis was confirmed via nuclear area expansion assays. Bovine neutrophil stimulation with <jats:italic>Cd<\/jats:italic>Ag 100 \u00b5g\/mL concentration led to a significant increase in oxygen consumption rates (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.0152) and extracellular acidification rates (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.0022), while lower concentrations of <jats:italic>Cd<\/jats:italic>Ag (10 \u00b5g\/mL) failed to induce neutrophil activation, suggesting a dose dependent response. Both intra- and extracellular ROS production was not affected by any <jats:italic>Cd<\/jats:italic>Ag concentration here studied. Bovine neutrophil total adenosine triphosphate concentration significantly decreased after exposure to <jats:italic>Cd<\/jats:italic>Ag 100 \u00b5g\/mL, in line to the observed with the positive control (phorbol myristate acetate\/ionomycin). 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