COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has identified a positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild Ohio white-tailed deer.

The deer was harvested in Wyandot County by a hunter on private property and tested positive after a tissue sample was submitted for testing by a taxidermist.

CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose.

The CDC says there is no strong evidence that CWD is transmissible to humans.

ODNR will implement its CWD response plan that includes enhanced surveillance within a 10-mile radius of the location of the CWD positive deer and hunters who harvest a deer in Wyandot County will be contacted to get a disease sample from their deer.

ODNR has been conducting CWD surveillance since 2002. The disease has been detected in 26 states and four provinces in Canada.