69 Corresponding author: Kaddour Ziani. Tel. 213 (662 653 872). Email: zianivet07gmail.com

1 Introduction In Algeria, "Red Meat Industry" is based on cattle and sheep farms. However, camel and goat production, represents marginal levels of production. This situation leads us to state that local meat production does not cover domestic market demand, which has led to the development of the import flow of frozen boneless meat, particularly bovine reaching 19 586 t (3 348 USD/t), during the first semester of year 2015 and 14 571 t (3 000 USD/t) during the second semester of the same...