Study shows male erectile dysfunction drug enhances fetal growth in female sheep

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 16:07 in Biology & Nature

A joke among two Texas AgriLife Research scientists later turned into a fully-funded study found Viagra can aid fetal development in female sheep. Female sheep (ewes) are an agriculturally important species, which can serve as an excellent animal model for studying the physiology of human pregnancy, the researchers said.

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