Erika Ganda
Assistant Professor of Food Animal Microbiomes

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308 AVBS
University Park, PA 16802 - ganda@psu.edu
- 814-865-4084
Research Summary
Developing practical ways to leverage the microbiome to improve food safety and improve food production animals' production efficiency.
Huck Graduate Students
Huck Affiliations
- One Health Microbiome Center
- Center for Reproductive Biology and Health
- Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Integrative and Biomedical Physiology
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
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Milk Microbiota Cattle Cows Mastitis Dna Farms Dairy Cows Endometritis Cephalosporins Rumen Food Genome Therapeutics Microbiome Poultry Salmonella Enterica Immunization Dairies Metformin Fluid Vaccines Escherichia Coli Genes FluidsMost Recent Publications
The bovine foot skin microbiota is associated with host genotype and the development of infectious digital dermatitis lesions
V. Bay, A. Gillespie, E. Ganda, N. J. Evans, S. D. Carter, L. Lenzi, A. Lucaci, S. Haldenby, M. Barden, B. E. Griffiths, E. Sánchez-Molano, R. Bicalho, G. Banos, A. Darby, G. Oikonomou, 2023, Microbiome
Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product improves robustness of equine gut microbiome upon stress.
Erika Ganda, A Chakrabarti, M Sardi, M Tench, B Kozlowicz, S Norton, L Warren, E Khafipour, 2023, Frontiers in veterinary science on p. 1134092
The association of hyperketonemia with fecal and rumen microbiota at time of diagnosis in a case-control cohort of early lactation cows
Asha M. Miles, Jessica A.A. McArt, Svetlana F. Lima, Rafael C. Neves, Erika Ganda, 2022, BMC Veterinary Research
Metformin modulates the gut microbiome in broiler breeder hens
E Van Syoc, E Weaver, Connie Jo Rogers, J , Justin Silverman, Ramesh Ramachandran, Erika Ganda, 2022, Frontiers in Physiology on p. 1000144
Effect of Intramammary Dry Cow Antimicrobial Treatment on Fresh Cow’s Milk Microbiota in California Commercial Dairies
Carl Basbas, Sharif Aly, Emmanuel Okello, Betsy M. Karle, Terry Lehenbauer, Deniece Williams, Erika Ganda, Martin Wiedmann, Richard V. Pereira, 2022, Antibiotics
Draft genome sequences of 25 Salmonella enterica serovar Agona strains isolated from poultry and associated food products harbouring multiple antibiotic resistance genes
Abubakar Siddique, Nimat Ullah, Amjad Ali, Ami Patel, Terence Moore, Sophia M. Kenney, Erika Ganda, Abdur Rahman, 2022, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance on p. 131-135
Global metagenomics analyses demonstrate metformin-induced changes in the gut mycobiome in subjects with type 2 diabetes
Emily Van Syoc, Connie J. Rogers, Erika Ganda, 2022, FASEB Journal
The first Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae recovered from a sheep with respiratory disease in Brazil – draft genome and genomic analysis
Natália C. Gaeta, Ana Marcia de Sá Guimarães, Jorge Timenetsky, Stephanie Clouser, Lilian Gregory, Erika Ganda, 2022, Veterinary Research Communications
Lactobacillus reuteri and enterococcus faecium from poultry gut reduce mucin adhesion and biofilm formation of cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone-resistant salmonella enterica
Abubakar Siddique, Sara Azim, Amjad Ali, Fazal Adnan, Maryum Arif, Muhammad Imran, Erika Ganda, Abdur Rahman, 2021, Animals on p. 3435
DNA extraction and host depletion methods significantly impact and potentially bias bacterial detection in a biological fluid
Erika Ganda, Kristen Beck, Niina Haiminen, J Silverman, Ban Kawas, Brittany Cronk, Renee Anderson, Laura Goodman, Martin Wiedmann, 2021, mSystems
Most-Cited Papers
Prepartum and postpartum rumen fluid microbiomes: Characterization and correlation with production traits in dairy cows
Fabio S. Lima, Georgios Oikonomou, Svetlana F. Lima, Marcela L.S. Bicalho, Erika K. Ganda, Jose C. de Oliveira Filho, Gustavo Lorenzo, Plamen Trojacanec, Rodrigo C. Bicalho, 2015, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 1327-1337
Oral administration of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii decreased the incidence of severe diarrhea and related mortality rate and increased weight gain in preweaned dairy heifers
Carla Foditsch, Richard Van Vleck Pereira, Erika Korzune Ganda, Marilia Souza Gomez, Eduardo Carvalho Marques, Thiago Santin, Rodrigo Carvalho Bicalho, 2015, PLoS One
Longitudinal metagenomic profiling of bovine milk to assess the impact of intramammary treatment using a third-generation cephalosporin
Erika K. Ganda, Rafael S. Bisinotto, Svetlana F. Lima, Kristina Kronauer, Dean H. Decter, Georgios Oikonomou, Ynte H. Schukken, Rodrigo C. Bicalho, 2016, Scientific Reports
The bovine colostrum microbiome and its association with clinical mastitis
Svetlana F. Lima, Andre G.V. Teixeira, Fabio S. Lima, Erika K. Ganda, Catherine H. Higgins, Georgios Oikonomou, Rodrigo C. Bicalho, 2017, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 3031-3042
Associations among Trueperella pyogenes, endometritis diagnosis, and pregnancy outcomes in dairy cows
M. L.S. Bicalho, F. S. Lima, V. S. Machado, E. B. Meira, E. K. Ganda, C. Foditsch, R. C. Bicalho, R. O. Gilbert, 2016, Theriogenology on p. 267-274
Effect of trace mineral supplementation on selected minerals, energy metabolites, oxidative stress, and immune parameters and its association with uterine diseases in dairy cattle
M. L.S. Bicalho, F. S. Lima, E. K. Ganda, C. Foditsch, E. B.S. Meira, V. S. Machado, A. G.V. Teixeira, G. Oikonomou, R. O. Gilbert, R. C. Bicalho, 2014, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 4281-4295
Subcutaneous immunization with inactivated bacterial components and purified protein of Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium necrophorumand Trueperella pyogenes prevents puerperal metritis in holstein dairy cows
Vinícius Silva Machado, Marcela Luccas De Souza Bicalho, Enoch Brandão De Souza Meira, Rodolfo Rossi, Bruno Leonardo Ribeiro, Svetlana Lima, Thiago Santos, Arieli Kussler, Carla Foditsch, Erika Korzune Ganda, Georgios Oikonomou, Soon Hon Cheong, Robert Owen Gilbert, Rodrigo Carvalho Bicalho, 2014, PLoS One
Effects of pegbovigrastim administration on periparturient diseases, milk production, and reproductive performance of Holstein cows
M. Zinicola, H. Korzec, A. G.V. Teixeira, E. K. Ganda, L. Bringhenti, A. C.C.H. Tomazi, R. O. Gilbert, R. C. Bicalho, 2018, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 11199-11217
Normal milk microbiome is reestablished following experimental infection with Escherichia coli independent of intramammary antibiotic treatment with a third-generation cephalosporin in bovines
Erika K. Ganda, Natalia Gaeta, Anja Sipka, Brianna Pomeroy, Georgios Oikonomou, Ynte H. Schukken, Rodrigo C. Bicalho, 2017, Microbiome
Evaluation of an on-farm culture system (Accumast) for fast identification of milk pathogens associated with clinical mastitis in dairy cows
Erika Korzune Ganda, Rafael Sisconeto Bisinotto, Dean Harrison Decter, Rodrigo Carvalho Bicalho, 2016, PLoS One
News Articles Featuring Erika Ganda
May 15, 2023
Penn State's renamed One Health Microbiome Center affirms broad expertise
The Microbiome Center in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State has announced its renaming to the One Health Microbiome Center (OHMC), the first center in the world to integrate "One Health" with the microbiome sciences.
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Mar 02, 2023
New partnership will address health and food safety challenges in Kenya
Representatives from Penn State, Meru University of Science and Technology, and Meru County in Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding today (March 2) in a ceremony in Kenya to formally commence their new partnership. This collaboration also will involve the Technical University of Denmark.
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Feb 17, 2023
Graduate student in College of Ag Sciences gets USDA-APHIS training fellowship
A Penn State graduate student has received a highly competitive and prestigious fellowship from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to participate in its National Scientist Training Program.
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Dec 22, 2022
2022 Top 10 Most Popular Microbiome Center News Articles
The stories that made the year in 2022 for the Penn State Microbiome Center
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May 25, 2022
Three Physiology Students Awarded USDA Fellowships
Three graduate students in the Huck Institutes' Integrative and Biomedical Physiology program have recently been awarded fellowships by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support their continued research.
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Mar 02, 2022
Students in Department of Animal Science receive accolades for research
There are many opportunities to participate in undergraduate- and graduate-level research in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Graduate students Emily Van Syoc and Sophia Kenney are among those reaping the numerous benefits.
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