EXHIBIT 23



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. 333-37263, 333-88885, and 333-49962) on Form S-8 of TECHNE Corporation
of our reports dated August 28, 2006, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets of TECHNE Corporation as of June 30, 2006 and 2005, 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, 2006, and the related financial statement schedule,
management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting as of June 30, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2006, which reports appear in
the June 30, 2006, annual report on Form 10-K of TECHNE Corporation.



/s/ KPMG LLP


Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 30, 2006