Amount before tax, after reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity and intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, attributable to noncontrolling interests.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 19
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (c)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=18733093&loc=SL4573702-111684

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 20
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Excluding Noncontrolling Interests - Footnotes (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2013	Feb. 06, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation adjustments attributable to noncontrolling interests			$ (26)	$ 3	$ (62)
Zoetis [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Percentage offered in IPO	80.20%
IPO [Member] \| Zoetis [Member] \| Subsidiaries [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Percentage offered in IPO		19.80%