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Business Acquisitions and Divestiture - Equity Method Investment and Divestiture (Details) - Maravet S.A. [Member] $ in Millions	Jul. 10, 2015 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Acquired equity method investment interest (as a percent)	50.00%
Equity method investment, approximate annual sales	$ 23

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66011266&loc=d3e33918-111571

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