2-pyridinol compounds useful as anabolic agents

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A method of producing an anabolic response in animals selected from the group of swine cattle, sheep, or poultry comprising administering to the animal an anabolically effective amount of one or a mixture of two or more compounds of the following formula (I), wherein, X1, X2 and X3 independently represent halogen preferably chloro;, A represents hydrogen alkali metal, alkaline, earth metal, zinc iron, manganese or, -?Z; and, Z represents C1-C11 alkyl C1-C11 haloalkyl or, C1-C11 hydroxyalkyl is disclosed. The anabolic response is exhibited by one or more of the following: an increased growth rate, increased milk production increased protein content/ increased fiber production improved …