Form: S-8

Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

May 20, 2003

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 17, 2003 relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., which appears in IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.


/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
May 20, 2003