Erika Ganda

Emphasis Area Representative, Microbiome Sciences; 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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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

Identifying knowledge gaps surrounding antimicrobial resistance: An exploratory study of antimicrobial resistant genes on Pennsylvania dairy farms

E Ransom, Stephanie Bierly, Erika Ganda, 2024, Journal of Rural Studies on p. 103405

Whole-genome sequencing of three ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella Reading (ST93) strains, an emerging Salmonella serovar in poultry sector of Pakistan

Abubakar Siddique, Azka Tauqeer, Amjad Ali, Aitezaz Ahsan, Sajid Iqbal, Ami Patel, Terrence Moore, Erika Ganda, Abdur Rahman, 2024, Microbiol Resour Announc

Comparative genomic analysis of Brazilian Mesomycoplasma ovipneumoniae strains revealed genomic differences associated with the geographic origin and health status and mutations in the gyrA

N. C. Gaeta, A. M. de Sá Guimarães, J. Timenetsky, S. Clouser, L. Gregory, E. Ganda, 2024, Veterinary Microbiology

Changes in the type 2 diabetes gut mycobiome associate with metformin treatment across populations

Emily Van Syoc, Michelle Pistner Nixon, Justin D. Silverman, Yuhong Luo, Frank J. Gonzalez, Ilze Elbere, Janis Klovins, Andrew D. Patterson, Connie Jo Rogers, Erika Ganda, 2024, mBio

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

A Fonseca, S Kenney, E Van Syoc, S Bierly, Francisco Dini-Andreote, F Dini Andreote, Justin Silverman, J Boney, Erika Ganda, 2024, Poultry Science on p. 103604

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

S Bierly, E Van Syoc, M Westphalen, A Miles, N Gaeta, Tara L. Felix, Alexander N. Hristov, Erika 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

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

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

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

Oct 10, 2024

AI decodes microbes’ message in milk safety testing approach

By combining the genetic sequencing and analysis of the microbes in a milk sample with artificial intelligence (AI), researchers were able to detect anomalies in milk production, such as contamination or unauthorized additives.

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May 22, 2024

Type 2 diabetes treatment found to impact fungal community in human gut

Penn State researchers have published findings showing the effects of Type 2 diabetes and metformin, a common treatment for that condition, effect the human gut mycobiome.

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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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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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