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Type AClostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, sporulated, anaerobic bacterium that is one of the most important causes of clostridial enteric disease in domestic animals. C. perfringens is classified into 5 types (types A, B, C, D, and E) on the basis of the production of 4 major lethal toxins: alpha (α), beta (β), epsilon (ε), and iota (ı) (1). C. perfringens type A, C, and D cause enterotoxemia in cattle (1-3). Enterotoxemia in cattle is characterized by a high fatality rate, sudden death, and lesions of hemorrhagic enteritis of the small intestine (2,4). Jejunal hemorrhage syndrome caused by C. perfringens type A has been reported in cattle in other countries (5,6). Enterotoxemia is a common disease in small ruminants in Turkey (7,8); however, there is little information about bovine enterotoxemia. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, enterotoxemia has not been recently reported in adult cattle in Turkey.