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In this study, one IBDV strain was isolated from a farm with suspected IBD outbreak in Shandong Province, China, which was designated LY21\/2. The strain LY21\/2 could replicate in MC38 cells with previous culture adaption in SPF chick embryos. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that LY21\/2 formed one branch with novel variant IBDVs and shared 96.8\u201398.6% nucleotide sequence identity with them. Moreover, LY21\/2 serving as the major parent underwent the recombination event of a variant strain (19D69), while the minor parent was a very virulent strain (Harbin-1). SPF chicks inoculated with LY21\/2 showed no gross clinic symptom, whereas bursal atrophy was exhibited and apoptosis was occurred in 55.21% of bursal cells. The results of histopathology and immunohistochemical staining showed that lymphocyte depletion and connective tissue hyperplasia and IBDV antigen-positive cells were observed in the bursa of LY21\/2-infected chicks. Besides, DNA fragmentation was detected in the LY21\/2-infected bursal tissue section by TUNEL assay. Collectivtely, these data presented analysis and evaluation of the genetic characteristics and pathogenicity of a novel variant IBDV strain. 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