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Business Acquisitions, Divestiture and Other Transaction - Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2013
Arseus NV Legal Entity [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
BioHorizons, Inc. Legal Entity [Member]
Jun. 30, 2010
Provet Holdings Limited Legal Entity [Member]
Jan. 06, 2014
Arseus NV [Member]
Dec. 30, 2013
BioHorizons, Inc. [Member]
Dec. 28, 2013
BioHorizons, Inc. [Member]
Funding provided to acquiree prior to acquisition [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Provet Holdings Limited [Member]
Dec. 28, 2013
Other acquisitions immaterial individually and in the aggregate [Member]
Dec. 29, 2012
Other acquisitions immaterial individually and in the aggregate [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Other acquisitions immaterial individually and in the aggregate [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                          
Acquired equity interest (in hundredths)             100.00% 60.00%   100.00%      
Business acquisition, aggregate sales in year of acquisition of acquired companies       $ 97,000,000 $ 115,000,000 $ 278,000,000              
Cash consideration paid                   91,000,000      
Business acquisition allocated goodwill amount 1,635,005,000 1,601,046,000 1,497,108,000             27,000,000 14,700,000 128,000,000 38,800,000
Long-term loan funding provided 145,000,000 0             145,000,000        
Long-term loan receivable reclassified to intercompany loans               $ 145,000,000