全英文课程《Nutritional aspects of gut health and immunity》（《肠道健康与免疫的营养问题》）将在8月11日至8月22日开课，40个学时，共计2个学分，课程形式为课堂讲授，主讲教师为加拿大圭尔夫大学Niel Alexander Karrow教授。

The course "Nutritional Aspects of Gut Health and Immunity" will be held from August 11 to August 22, with a total of 40 class hours and 2 credits. The course will be delivered in the form of lectures, taught by Professor Niel Alexander Karrow from the University of Guelph, Canada.

课程简介：这门课程主要讲授肠道生理学并讨论抗营养因子和肠道上皮屏障免疫病理学在畜禽疾病发生中的作用。将会探讨肠道健康和免疫相关的主题，包括应用体内外细胞和动物模型研究营养失衡对动物疾病发生的作用；应用营养调控改善动物粘膜屏障和肠道免疫功能的技术；以及应用益生菌、益生元和后生元提升动物肠道免疫功能和健康的相关措施。

Course Description: This course will provide an overview of gut physiology and discuss the contribution of antinutritional factors and epithelial barrier immunopathology to diseases of food producing animals. Topics in gut health and immunity will be explored, including use of in vitro and in vivo animal models to investigate the contribution of nutrient imbalance to risk of disease, nutrition to support the mucosal barrier and the gut immune function, and the potential use of prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics to support gut health and immunity.

请各位同学于7月13日前在线提交选课申请进行选课。

Please submit the information online for course selection before July 13.

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