COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - State officials are warning hunters about eating animals after a rare disease has made its way into the Ohio deer population.

The Columbus Dispatch reports Chronic Wasting Disease was recently identified in a deer in Holmes County, northeast of Columbus. The disease, which attacks the brain of the infected animal, is similar to mad-cow disease, but hasn't been shown to infect humans.

The state learned earlier this year that 125 deer potentially infected with the disease had been transported from Pennsylvania to hunting facilities across Ohio. Some facilities destroyed the imported animals, but others must remain under quarantine for several years.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hunters should avoiding eating meat from deer or elk that look sick, or have their meat tested by the state.

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