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2. Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Jan. 10, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Apr. 10, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill, Acquired During Period | $ 13,500,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod |  | $ 14,900,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value | 27,700,000 us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue |  | 20,800,000 us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue |  | 27,700,000 us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 500,441,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |  | 517,770,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |  | 500,441,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  | 495,400,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |
GnuBIO [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50,400,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  | 39,700,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments |  |  |  |  | (1,700,000)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  | 46,400,000 us-gaap_IndefinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill, Acquired During Period |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,500,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability | 10,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember |  |  |  | 10,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 70,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (9,500,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_GnuBIOMember
AbD Serotec [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_AbdSerotecMember |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 62,200,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_AbdSerotecMember |  |  |  |
Cash Acquired from Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,300,000 us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_AbdSerotecMember |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Purchase Accounting Adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,700,000 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_AbdSerotecMember |  |
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,100,000)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_AbdSerotecMember |  |
bio_NetAssetPurchaseAccountingAdjustment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 400,000 bio_Bio_NetAssetPurchaseAccountingAdjustment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_AbdSerotecMember |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14,900,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_AbdSerotecMember |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,300,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_AbdSerotecMember |  |  |  |
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 44,000,000 us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = bio_AbdSerotecMember |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations, Recurring Basis, Liability Value | $ 27,700,000 us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis = us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember | [1] | $ 20,800,000 us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis = us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember | [1] | $ 27,700,000 us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis = us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember | [1] |  |  |  |  |  |
[1] | Contingent consideration liabilities are included in the following accounts in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions): December 31, 2014 December 31, 2013 Other current liabilities$13.1 $6.1Other long-term liabilities14.6 14.7 Total$27.7 $20.8

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