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ACQUISITION AND RELATED PARTY ITEMS - Intangible Assets Acquired, Amortization Method (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 01, 2021	Jul. 01, 2021	Feb. 01, 2021	Apr. 01, 2020	Dec. 05, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets acquired						$ 71,234	$ 64,229
Biotech Laboratories U.S.A. LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 6,000
BiEsseA s.r.1.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value		$ 3,329
Lacuna Diagnostics, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets acquired			$ 1,185
Scil Animal Care Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets acquired				$ 44,517
Scil Animal Care Company \| Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets acquired				$ 7,556
CVM
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total intangible assets acquired					$ 2,608
CVM \| Developed technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets acquired					$ 57
Developed technology \| Biotech Laboratories U.S.A. LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life	6 years
Fair Value	$ 6,000
Developed technology \| Lacuna Diagnostics, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life			3 years
Fair Value			$ 1,000
Customer Relationships \| BiEsseA s.r.1.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life		14 years
Fair Value		$ 3,329
Customer Relationships \| Lacuna Diagnostics, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life			6 months
Fair Value			$ 150
Customer Relationships \| Scil Animal Care Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life				10 years
Fair Value				$ 36,272
Customer Relationships \| CVM
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life					6 years
Fair Value					$ 2,440
Trade names \| Lacuna Diagnostics, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life			11 months
Fair Value			$ 35
Trade names \| Scil Animal Care Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life				9 months 18 days
Fair Value				$ 66
Trade names \| CVM
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life					4 years
Fair Value					$ 111
Software Development \| Scil Animal Care Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life				7 years
Fair Value				$ 353
Backlog \| Scil Animal Care Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life				2 months 12 days
Fair Value				$ 210
Non-compete agreements \| Scil Animal Care Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful Life				2 years
Fair Value				$ 60