Exhibit 32.2

                    Certification of Chief Financial Officer

I, Alberto R. Santa Ines, Chief Financial Officer of Abaxis, Inc. (the
"Registrant"), do hereby certify in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (1)   the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant, to which this
            certification is attached as an exhibit (the "Report"), fully
            complies with the requirements of section 13(a) of the Securities
            Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m); and

      (2)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Registrant.

Dated: August 9, 2004

                                           By: /s/ Alberto R. Santa Ines
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                                               Alberto R. Santa Ines
                                               Vice President, Finance and
                                               Chief Financial Officer