Pigeons are natural intermediate host of Neospora caninum (N. caninum). In comparison to ruminants, N. caninum causes milder clinical symptoms and less financial loss to pigeons. Natural infectious rates and high prevalence of N. caninum in pigeons, and death cases of N. caninum-infected pigeons under experimental conditions have been reported, but the detailed pathological characteristics and congenital immunological responses of pigeons-infected with N. caninum remain not well described. In this study, pigeons were infected intraperitoneally with 10 N. caninum tachyzoites. N. caninum in tissues was detected by qPCR. Pathological changes of tissues were examined by hematoxylin-eosin staining. Blood smears were prepared for counting eosinophils changes in blood. Heterophil extracellular traps (HETs) in vivo and in vitro were quantified by Pico Green. N. caninum-induced HETs structures were observed by immunofluorescence staining. The model of pigeons-infected with N. caninum was successfully established. Lung and duodenum were the main target organs of pigeons-infected with N. caninum. N. caninum caused hemorrhage, edema and inflammatory cell infiltration in liver, pulmonary congestion and hemorrhage, organizational destruction in lung, and shorter villi or even disappear in duodenum. N. caninum also increased the number of eosinophils in blood of pigeons. Moreover, N. caninum-induced HETs release in the congenital immunological system of pigeons were first demonstrated, and the HETs structures were consisted of DNA as the skeleton and modified with citH3 and elastase. N. caninum-induced HETs release was related with NADPH oxidase, TLR 2 and 4, ERK and p38 MAPK signaling pathways, and glycolysis. In summary, it is the first report on the detailed pathological characteristics and congenital immunological responses of pigeons-infected with N. caninum, which may provide theoretical basis for the prevention and control of Neosporosis in pigeons.
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