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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Milk Mastitis Microbiota Cattle Farms Cows Escherichia Coli Microbiome Dairies Colostrum Endometritis Dairy Cows Sampling Animals Milk Production Health Vaccines Immunization Cephalosporins Pathogens Holstein Staphylococcus Genes Anti Bacterial Agents Fusobacterium

Most Recent Papers

DNA extraction and host depletion methods significantly impact and potentially bias bacterial detection in a biological fluid

Erika Ganda, Kristen Beck, Niina Haiminen, Ban Kawas, Brittany Cronk, Renee Anderson, Laura Goodman, Martin Wiedmann,

A Cross-Sectional Study of Dairy Cattle Metagenomes Reveals Increased Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals Farmed in a Heavy Metal Contaminated Environment

Natalia Carrillo Gaeta, Emily Bean, Asha Marie Miles, Daniel Ubriaco Oliveira Gonçalves de Carvalho, Mario Augusto Reyes Alemán, Jeferson Silva Carvalho, Lilian Gregory, Erika Ganda, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Maternal influences on oral and faecal microbiota maturation in neonatal calves in beef and dairy production systems

Matthew Barden, Peter Richards-Rios, Erika Ganda, Luca Lenzi, Richard Eccles, Joseph Neary, Joanne Oultram, Georgios Oikonomou, 2020, Animal Microbiome

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

The microbiome of Escherichia coli and culture-negative nonsevere clinical mastitis: characterization and associations with linear score and milk production

A. K. Vasquez, E. K. Ganda, M. B. Capel, S. Eicker, P. D. Virkler, R. C. Bicalho, D. V. Nydam, 2019, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 578-594

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

The bovine colostrum microbiome and its association with clinical mastitis

Svetlana F. Lima, Andre G.V. Teixeira, Fabio S. Lima, Erika Ganda, Catherine H. Higgins, Georgios Oikonomou, Rodrigo C. Bicalho, 2017, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 3031-3042

A metataxonomic approach could be considered for cattle clinical mastitis diagnostics

Joanne W.H. Oultram, Erika K. Ganda, Sarah C. Boulding, Rodrigo C. Bicalho, Georgios Oikonomou, 2017, Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Deciphering upper respiratory tract microbiota complexity in healthy calves and calves that develop respiratory disease using shotgun metagenomics

Natália C. Gaeta, Svetlana F. Lima, Andre G. Teixeira, Erika Ganda, Georgios Oikonomou, Lilian Gregory, Rodrigo C. Bicalho, 2017, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 1445-1458

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

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

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

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

The bovine colostrum microbiome and its association with clinical mastitis

Svetlana F. Lima, Andre G.V. Teixeira, Fabio S. Lima, Erika Ganda, Catherine H. Higgins, Georgios Oikonomou, Rodrigo C. Bicalho, 2017, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 3031-3042

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, Erika 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

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

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

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