UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.F. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
TECHNE CORPORATION
Common Stock
878377100
Item 1. a. Techne Corporation
b. 614 McKinley Place, N.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413
Item 2. a. D.F. Dent & Company, Inc.
b. 2 East Read Street, 6th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
c. Incorporated in the State of Maryland
d. Common stock
e. 878377100
Item 3. Investment adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940
Item 4. a. 1,212,143
b. 6.01%
c. 1. 1,212,143
2. 0
3. 1,212,143
4. 0
Item 5. N/A
Item 6. N/A
Item 7. N/A
Item 8. N/A
Item 9. N/A
