CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


Board of Directors and Stockholders
TECHNE Corporation
Minneapolis, Minnesota

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (No. 33-42992, 33-49160, 33-86728, 33-86732, 333-14211, 333-
37263, 333-88885, and 333-4992) on Form S-8 of TECHNE Corporation of our
reports dated September 12, 2005, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets of TECHNE Corporation as of June 30, 2005 and 2004, and
the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders' equity
and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended June 30, 2005, and the related financial
statement schedule, management's assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2005 and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of June
30, 2005, which reports appear in the June 30, 2005, annual report on
Form 10-K of TECHNE Corporation.


                                 /s/ KPMG LLP


Minneapolis, Minnesota
September 12, 2005