METHODS USING, AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING, QUINONE DERIVATIVES, FOR USE IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

摘要

The disclosure relates to method for use in the husbandry of meat-producing domestic animals which comprises the oral administration to the animals of a p-benzoquinonedi-imide derivative, or a dihydro derivative or a salt thereof, and to compositions suitable for direct feeding to animals, in the method of the invention, or suitable for dilution with an animal foodstuff to give a supplemented foodstuff suitable for direct feeding to animals in the method of the invention; also to certain of the p-benzoquinonedi-imide derivatives which are novel compounds, and a process for their manufacture.