There are 3 schemes for the same disease CAE in goats labratory blood tests all done by sac(sruc) and it causes a great deal of confusion. When originally the disease was on the go the BGS set up their own two schemes below to prevent the spread and hopefully eradicate the disease which showing seemed to help spread it at the time.. The first one you print this form off fill it in with your goats details and your vet will send it off with the bloods they took of each goat to the sac lab you then recieve the certificate back all stamped negative we hope. You test annually and it is the cheapest option(only pay for test and vet) and no extra paperwork just common sense with guidlines to keep your herd clear.
https://www.britishgoatsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BGS-Non_Monitored-Herd_08.05.2013.pdfThe BGS Monitored scheme allows you to test every 2nd year with an extra member fee and rule s with extra paperwork sent to the bgs office to guarentee your biosecurity. They are allowed contact with whole herd annually tested goats and sac accredited.
https://www.britishgoatsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BGS-MonitoredHerd_2013.pdfThe Sac Accredited scheme is more expensive with rules and inspections but do have options of extending testing to 2 and 3 years and do not allow mixing with the BGS scheme as their rules are not identical despite the same test .
The majority of dairy goats do one of the BGS schemes and it's personal choice if the want to do the sac accredited for example you have mv accredited sheep, or create a very high health status herd where you would not be attending shows stud males anyway. Since the establishment and importation of boer and angora goat breeds they and their societys tend to have gone for the sac accreditation. Pygmys tend to do the BGS scheme but it is everyones own choice.
Shows have limited space and exhibits are penned next to one another usually sheep hurdles and it would be impossible for goats to be penned 3metres away from each exhibitors goats although we try and have tack pens in between each exhibitor.Some Shows can do both bgs scheme goats and sac accedited goats depending on what space they have to work with.
An sac accredited goat keeper is a rare breed.