Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Information about Reportable Segments

The following table presents information about our reportable segments:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	January 28, 2017			January 30, 2016			January 28, 2017			January 30, 2016
Net sales
Dental	$	626,343		$	637,651		$	1,782,911		$	1,814,090
Animal Health	762,577			749,713			2,332,354			2,081,463
Corporate	8,498			13,489			32,830			37,380
Consolidated net sales	$	1,397,418		$	1,400,853		$	4,148,095		$	3,932,933
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations
Dental	$	40,018		$	82,108		$	177,356		$	223,454
Animal Health	23,777			25,959			60,460			64,108
Corporate	(17,241		)	(12,338		)	(46,043		)	(46,193		)
Consolidated operating income from continuing operations	$	46,554		$	95,729		$	191,773		$	241,369

	January 28, 2017		April 30, 2016
Total assets
Dental	$	906,181	$	994,113
Animal Health	2,169,246		2,064,302
Corporate	518,635		462,389
Total assets	$	3,594,062	$	3,520,804

Sales Information by Product

The following table presents sales information by product for all of our reportable segments:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 28, 2017		January 30, 2016		January 28, 2017		January 30, 2016
Net sales
Consumable	$	1,064,098	$	1,059,838	$	3,252,551	$	3,042,634
Equipment and software	249,047		248,779		627,187		610,071
Other	84,273		92,236		268,357		280,228
Consolidated net sales	$	1,397,418	$	1,400,853	$	4,148,095	$	3,932,933