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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MELSEN GREGORY J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TECHNE CORP /MN/ [TECH] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP Finance and CFO (Last) (First) (Middle) 10801 NESBITT AVE SOUTH 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/25/2008 (Street) BLOOMINGTON, MN 55437 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock               310 I by stock bonus plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Incentive Stock Option

$ 79.41

07/25/2008

A

596

07/25/2008

07/24/2015

Common Stock

596

$ 0

596

D

Nonqualifed stock option

$ 56.83

07/27/2007

07/26/2014

Common Stock

783

783

D

Nonqualified stock option

$ 49.43

07/27/2006

07/26/2013

Common Stock

1,012

1,012

D

Nonqualified stock option

$ 51.6

08/18/2005

08/17/2012

Common Stock

426

426

D

Nonqualified stock option

$ 39.53

12/17/2007(1)

12/16/2014

Common Stock

17,413

17,413

D

Incentive stock option

$ 39.53

12/17/2007(2)

12/16/2014

Common Stock

7,587

7,587

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MELSEN GREGORY J 10801 NESBITT AVE SOUTH BLOOMINGTON, MN 55437			VP Finance and CFO

Signatures

Gregory J. Melsen		07/28/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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(1)	Exercisable 5,471 on 12/17/05; 5,471 on 12/17/06 and 6,471 on 12/17/07
(2)	Exercisable 1/3 on each 12/17/05, 12/17/06 and 12/17/07

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