Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2011


	Food Safety		Animal Safety		Corporate and Eliminations (1)			Total
			*(In thousands)*
Fiscal 2012
Net sales to external customers	$	23,282	$	22,415	$	0		$	45,697
Operating income (reduction)		7,163		2,743		(556	)		9,350
Total assets		68,689		98,231		60,702			227,622

Fiscal 2011
Net sales to external customers	$	22,252	$	20,671	$	0		$	42,923
Operating income (reduction)		6,973		3,111		(488	)		9,596
Total assets		76,781		85,653		28,280			190,714

(1)	Includes corporate assets, consisting principally of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, deferred assets and overhead expenses not allocated to specific business segments. Also includes the elimination of intersegment transactions.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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