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Segment Reporting (Summary Of Revenue By Product And Service Category) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 382,477us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 360,203us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
CAG Diagnostics Recurring Revenue [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	278,766us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_CagDiagnosticsRecurringRevenueMember	255,865us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_CagDiagnosticsRecurringRevenueMember
IDEXX VetLab Consumables [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	98,392us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_VetlabConsumablesMember	84,321us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_VetlabConsumablesMember
VetLab Service and Accessories [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	13,530us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_VetlabServiceAndAccessoriesMember	13,055us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_VetlabServiceAndAccessoriesMember
Rapid Assay Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	43,637us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_RapidAssayProductsMember	43,059us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_RapidAssayProductsMember
Reference Laboratory Diagnostic And Consulting Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	123,207us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_ReferenceLaboratoryDiagnosticAndConsultingServicesMember	115,430us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_ReferenceLaboratoryDiagnosticAndConsultingServicesMember
CAG Diagnostics Capital - Instruments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	20,113us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_CagDiagnosticCaptailVetlabInstrumentsMember	18,603us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_CagDiagnosticCaptailVetlabInstrumentsMember
Customer Information Managment and Digital Imaging Systems [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	25,652us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_CustomerInformationManagmentAndDigitalImagingSystemsMember	24,260us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = idxx_CustomerInformationManagmentAndDigitalImagingSystemsMember
CAG Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	324,531us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = idxx_CagSegmentMember	298,728us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = idxx_CagSegmentMember
Water Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	21,698us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = idxx_WaterSegmentMember	21,421us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = idxx_WaterSegmentMember
LPD Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	31,270us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = idxx_LpdSegmentMember	34,211us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = idxx_LpdSegmentMember
Other Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,978us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = idxx_OtherSegmentMember	$ 5,843us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = idxx_OtherSegmentMember

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- Definition

Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

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