Samodha C. Fernando, PhD

Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

Samodha Fernando, Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Studies microbial ecology in livestock species and humans using omics approches. Also working on developing a new cannnulated human microbiota associated (HMA) piglet model. Current research includes, metagenomic and metatrascriptomic studies in pigs and cattle, Investigation of mobilie genetic elements to understand AMR, Genetic editing of microbes to develop better probiotics, Colonization history in livestock species, Microbiome wide association studies and genome wide association studies to understand microbe-host interactions.

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Presentation(s):

• 137 - Longitudinal heritability of ocular microbiota in preweaned beef cattle

  Tuesday, July 18, 2023
  2:45 PM – 3:00 PM MT

• 330 - Characterizing the rumen bacterial community in replacement Holstein heifers with divergent genomically enhanced residual feed intake

  Tuesday, July 18, 2023
  4:45 PM – 5:00 PM MT

• 106 - Using a novel direct-fed microbial as an alternative for tylosin phosphate to control liver abscesses and decrease antimicrobial use in finishing beef steers

  Thursday, July 20, 2023
  8:35 AM – 8:50 AM MT