IDEXX Introduces Easier Screening Protocol and Refined Sensitivities for SNAP® Tetracycline Test Kit [Trade]
Improved SNAP Tetracycline Test Kit supports dairy and plant processing quality assurance programs, lowers risk of dumping safe milk

Westbrook, Maine, January 25, 2008—IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDXX), announces the U.S. and Canada launch of its improved milk residue screening SNAP® Tetracycline Test Kit. The test’s sensitivity parameters have been refined to detect antibiotic concentrations more in line with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tolerance Levels and European Maximum Residues Limits. The result is significantly fewer subviolative positives, and the risk of dumping safe milk is dramatically lowered. In addition, the protocol steps are completed rapidly, in no more than ten minutes: five minutes for incubation and four minutes for color development.

“IDEXX is committed to meeting the market’s demand for more efficient dairy testing that reduces the incidence of unnecessary milk dumping. Therefore, we are pleased to offer this enhanced method of screening for tetracycline drug residues while delivering the same accuracy and ease of use as all our SNAP® dairy testing products,” commented Tove Rasmussen, General Manager of IDEXX Dairy.

The new SNAP Tetracycline Test Kit protocol allows for a five-minute incubation, a quick application of the milk sample, and then just four minutes before reading the results. Dairy producers and processors will now be able to detect tetracycline residues in raw, commingled cow milk at or below 50 parts per billion (ppb), chlortetracycline at or below 100 ppb, and oxytetracycline at or below 50 ppb.

John Forsee, IDEXX Sales Manager for Eastern U.S. and Canada, added, “All these factors make the SNAP Tetracycline Test Kit an extremely effective choice for antibiotic residue screening in the barn and at processing plants. It’s another practical solution in our long history of dairy testing innovation for our customers and represents an increase in value with no increase in price.”

For more information or to order the new SNAP Tetracycline Test Kit—or any other IDEXX SNAP dairy test kit—please contact IDEXX Dairy Customer Service at 1-800-321-0207, option 3, then extension 68680, e-mail dairy@idexx.com, or visit www.idexx.com/dairy/snap.

About IDEXX Dairy
IDEXX manufactures and distributes the SNAP family of antibiotic residue tests—more than 75 million sold in the past 15 years—trusted by farmers and processors worldwide. Rugged, easy, and accurate, IDEXX dairy testing kits have the largest temperature range available (45°C ± 5°) on the heater block as well as the largest sample variance of ±50 µL. IDEXX illustrates its continued dedication to innovation in the dairy testing market with its recent introductions of the enhanced SNAP® Tetracycline and SNAP® Aflatoxin M1 Test Kits, a new SNAP® Sulfamethazine Test Kit, and a software upgrade to its SNAPshot® Reader, adding Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian language screens. IDEXX SNAP tests are manufactured in ISO 9001:2000-certified facilities and IDEXX Laboratories is a recognized member of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), U.S. International Dairy Federation (IDF), National Mastitis Council (NMC), and the Dairy Practices Council (DPC).

About IDEXX Laboratories
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is a leader in companion animal health, serving practicing veterinarians around the world with innovative, technology-based offerings, including a broad range of diagnostic products and services, practice management systems, and pharmaceuticals. IDEXX products enhance the ability of veterinarians to provide advanced medical care and to build more economically successful practices. IDEXX is also a worldwide leader in providing diagnostic tests and information for the production animal industry and tests for the quality and safety of water and milk. Headquartered in Maine, IDEXX Laboratories employs more than 4,500 people and offers products to customers in over 100 countries.