Erika Ganda

Assistant Professor of Food Animal Microbiomes

Erika Ganda

Research Summary

Developing practical ways to leverage the microbiome to improve food safety and improve food production animals' production efficiency.

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Microbiota Milk Cows Cattle Endometritis Rumen Farms Dairies Dairy Cows Microbiome Immunization Vaccines Mastitis Lactation Therapeutics Escherichia Coli Health Fusobacterium Animals Uterine Diseases Weight Gain Escherichia Coli Proteins Oral Administration Colostrum Oxidative Stress

Most Recent Publications

A comparative study of the bacterial diversity and composition of nursery piglets’ oral fluid, feces, and housing environment

Vinicius Buiatte, Ana Fonseca, Paloma Alonso Madureira, Andréia Cristina Nakashima Vaz, Polyana Cristine Tizioto, Ana Maria Centola Vidal, Erika Ganda, Vera Letticie de Azevedo Ruiz, 2024, Scientific Reports

Investigating antibiotic free feed additives for growth promotion in poultry: effects on performance and microbiota

Ana Fonseca, Sophia Kenney, Emily Van Syoc, Stephanie Bierly, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Justin Silverman, J Boney, Erika Ganda, 2024, Poultry Science

Editorial: Foodborne bacterial pathogens under the One Health perspective - antimicrobial resistance, epidemiology, virulence, and zoonotic impact

Laura Maria Andrade de Oliveira, Rachel Leite Ribeiro, Erika Ganda, 2024, Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

The Effects of Bifidobacterium Probiotic Supplementation on Blood Glucose: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Animal Models and Clinical Evidence

Emily P. Van Syoc, Janhavi Damani, Zachary DiMattia, Erika Ganda, Connie J. Rogers, 2024, Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)

Alterations of rumen and fecal microbiome in growing beef and dairy steers fed rumen-protected Capsicum oleoresin

Stephanie A. Bierly, Emily P. Van Syoc, Mariana F. Westphalen, Asha M. Miles, Natalia C. Gaeta, Tara L. Felix, Alexander N. Hristov, Erika K. Ganda, 2024, Journal of Animal Science

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, Anirikh Chakrabarti, Maria I. Sardi, Melissa Tench, Briana K. Kozlowicz, Sharon A. Norton, Lori K. Warren, Ehsan Khafipour, 2023, Frontiers in Veterinary Science

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

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

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

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

Complex Interactions Between Weather, and Microbial and Physicochemical Water Quality Impact the Likelihood of Detecting Foodborne Pathogens in Agricultural Water

Daniel Weller, Natalie Brassill, Channah Rock, Renata Ivanek, Erika Mudrak, Sherry Roof, Erika Ganda, Martin Wiedmann, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

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

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

Lameness prevalence and risk factors in large dairy farms in upstate New York. Model development for the prediction of claw horn disruption lesions

Carla Foditsch, Georgios Oikonomou, Vinícius Silva Machado, Marcela Luccas Bicalho, Erika Korzune Ganda, Svetlana Ferreira Lima, Rodolfo Rossi, Bruno Leonardo Ribeiro, Arieli Kussler, Rodrigo Carvalho Bicalho, 2016, PLoS One

News Articles Featuring Erika Ganda

Apr 12, 2024

Probiotic feed additive boosts growth, health in poultry in place of antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat for public health, and the use of antimicrobials in livestock feed has been a major contributing factor in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance to many drugs, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

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Jan 05, 2024

The stories that defined 2023 for the One Health Microbiome Center

A list of the top 10 most popular Penn State News articles about the One Health Microbiome Center

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Dec 13, 2023

Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day Sheds Light on Crucial Health Challenge

On November 30, the One Health Microbiome Center brought together a multidisciplinary group of clinicians, experts, and researchers to discuss the issue of antimicrobial resistance, a major public health challenge.

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Dec 07, 2023

USDA grant supports reproductive microbiome training program

The USDA NIFA has awarded Penn State a five-year, US$238,500 grant to establish a graduate training pipeline in reproductive microbiome research

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Dec 06, 2023

New USDA grant to support graduate reproductive microbiome training program

The USDA NIFA has awarded Penn State a five-year, $238,500 grant to establish a graduate training pipeline in reproductive microbiome research.

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Sep 07, 2023

One Health Microbiome Center honors creativity and mentoring with award series

The One Health Microbiome Center (OHMC) below has named eight recipients for its 2023-24 Inaugural Award Series.

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Aug 23, 2023

Animal microbiome researcher awarded $1.3M to study pathogenic threats

Erika Ganda was recently awarded two grants totaling $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to lead teams of scientists in studies of pathogenic threats to livestock and people.

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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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