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Goodwill And Intangible Assets, Net (Schedule Of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Cost $ 131,402us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross $ 138,288us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Accumulated Amortization 66,280us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization 79,444us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Patents [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Cost 4,871us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_PatentsMember
9,547us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_PatentsMember
Accumulated Amortization 4,308us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_PatentsMember
8,619us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_PatentsMember
Product Rights [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Cost 36,912us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= idxx_ProductRightsMember
[1] 38,670us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= idxx_ProductRightsMember
[1]
Accumulated Amortization 20,657us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= idxx_ProductRightsMember
[1] 25,796us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= idxx_ProductRightsMember
[1]
Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Cost 88,494us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
[2] 82,940us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
[2]
Accumulated Amortization 40,933us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
[2] 38,800us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
[2]
Noncompete Agreements [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Cost 1,125us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
7,131us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Accumulated Amortization $ 382us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
$ 6,229us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
[1] Product rights comprise certain technologies, intellectual property, licenses and trade names acquired from third parties.Customer-related intangible assets comprise customer lists and customer relationships acquired from third parties.
[2] Customer-related intangible assets comprise customer lists and customer relationships acquired from third parties.