Summary Of Quarterly Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Summary Of Quarterly Data [Abstract]

Schedule Of Quarterly Data

	For the Three Months Ended
		March 31,		June 30,		September 30,		December 31,
2014
Revenue	$	360,203	$	390,122	$	383,523	$	351,959
Gross profit		202,097		218,518		213,336		182,165
Operating income		70,046		83,219		72,189		34,801
Net income attributable to IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. stockholders		46,585		57,218		52,142		25,961
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.90	$	1.12	$	1.05	$	0.54
Diluted	$	0.89	$	1.10	$	1.03	$	0.54
2013
Revenue	$	332,106	$	352,583	$	338,297	$	354,073
Gross profit		183,974		197,698		185,783		188,665
Operating income		61,188		78,763		65,485		61,328
Net income attributable to IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. stockholders		44,860		53,995		45,688		43,258
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.82	$	1.01	$	0.87	$	0.83
Diluted	$	0.81	$	0.99	$	0.86	$	0.82