When performing HATS Category III (Water and Feed Availability), if a holding pen has two water troughs but only one is filled and all animals can access the trough, would IPP document noncompliance?

• A. Yes
• B. No
• C. Only if the other trough is also not filled
• D. Only if animals cannot access any troughs

Answer: (B)

The key idea is that water and feed availability is about access and sufficiency for every animal, not the number of troughs that are filled. If there are two troughs but only one is filled, what matters is that all animals can access water from at least one trough and that there is enough water available. Since every animal can reach the filled trough, there is no IPP document noncompliance in this scenario. Noncompliance would only occur if animals cannot access any water troughs or if water isn’t available at all.