Idexx Laboratories Inc. said Thursday that it has completed theacquisition of ETI Corp., the parent company of EnvironeticsInc., for about 730,000 shares of Idexx common stock(NASDAQ:IDXX).

The acquisition was originally announced in early December.

Environetics manufactures and markets Colilert, anenvironmental diagnostic test for bacterial contaminants indrinking water.

Idexx stock closed Thursday at $33.75 a share, down 50 cents.

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