Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenue:
Product revenue	$ 271,965	$ 249,065
Service revenue	190,056	168,485
Total revenue	462,021	417,550
Cost of Revenue:
Cost of product revenue	103,027	97,631
Cost of service revenue	100,803	92,382
Total cost of revenue	203,830	190,013
Gross profit	258,191	227,537
Expenses:
Sales and marketing	87,244	79,829
General and administrative	52,914	49,295
Research and development	25,790	24,620
Income from operations	92,243	73,793
Interest expense	(8,589)	(8,304)
Interest income	1,083	820
Income before provision for income taxes	84,737	66,309
Provision for income taxes	15,679	20,284
Net income	69,058	46,025
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	39	6
Net income attributable to IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. stockholders	$ 69,019	$ 46,019
Earnings per Share:
Basic	$ 0.78	$ 0.51
Diluted	$ 0.77	$ 0.51
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:
Basic	88,117	89,924
Diluted	89,994	90,838