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After cellulose, lignin is the second most abundant polymer from biomass and the main one based on aromatic units [1, 2, 3]. It has been reported that worldwide more than 50 million tons of lignin is generated every year as a by-product from pulp and paper-making industries, however less than 2% is actually recovered for utilization as a chemical product and the rest is considered as waste and primarily burned for recovering energy [4, 5]. Therefore, the comprehensive utilization of lignin remains a big challenge. Many efforts have been done to increase the use of lignin into added value added applications [5, 6, 7].
In addition to the low-value lignin application, a wide diversity of high-value industrial applications has been industrially realized or demonstrated including uses as novel materials, polymeric, oligomeric and monomeric feed stock. Some of these opportunities, such as the use of lignin or its derivatives in animal feed additives, agriculture, construction, textile, oil drilling, binders, dispersants and composites, are today commercial realities but many others such as the production of carbon fibre precursors, the broad incorporation of lignin in synthetic polymeric blends and textiles or the production of BTX remain longer term opportunities with great value and market potential. In recent years, lignin has been exploited in various polymer composite applications, for example, stabilizing agents, lubricants, coatings, plasticizers, surfactants, carbon fibre, fire retardant (FR), etc. For example, Movil et al. [8] reported the generation of hydrogen through electrochemical oxidation of waste lignin from pulping mills for energy storage. Qin et al. [9] grafted hydrophilic side chains on the sulphonated alkali lignin with different molecular weights, and the resultant product could be used as dispersants for coal-water slurry. Thunga et al. [10] investigated lignin as a suitable precursor for carbon fibres. Yu et al. [11] modified lignin with phosphorus nitrogen molecules to improve thermal stability and fire retardancy of polypropylene.
In recent time, lignin has received great attention as bio-based flame retardant additive because of its high char yield after decomposition from its aromatic framework. It is investigated that the presence of lignin can effectively reduce the flammability of polymers such as polypropylene, PBS, ABS, PET, etc. Further, it is reported that thermal degradation of lignin generates very high amounts of char, around 35–40% [12]. It is well known that the ability to form char during the thermal degradation is a basic aspect of flame retardant intumescent systems. Upon heating, fire retardant (FR) intumescent materials form a foamed cellular charred layer, which protects the underlying material from the action of heat flux and flame. The proposed mechanism is based on the charred layer acting as a physical barrier, which slows down heat and mass transfer between the gas and the condensed phase [13, 14]. Generally, intumescent formulations contain an acid source, a carbon source and a blowing agent. Several studies have been demonstrated that compound like bio-based lignin act as carbon source blended with acidic source such as ammonium polyphosphate (APP), melamine polyphosphate (MPP), metal phosphinate, etc., can be used as intumescent systems for polymer to develop materials with enhanced fire retardant properties [15, 16].
In the pursuit of non-halogenated flame retardant textile, lignin-based intumescent could be considered an efficient system for textiles materials. To provide fire retardancy to textiles, it could be interesting to use lignin-based intumescent at different level of textile structure. In one approach, lignin could be incorporated with flame retardant additives in polymers before the processing of the fibres. In other approach, lignin-based fire retardant formulations could be used as surface treatments by the padding, layer by layer (LBL) and back-coating of on textile structures. Both these approaches are discussed in detail further in the literature.
The aim of this review is to investigate recent researches based on lignin as fire retardant additive for imparting flame retardancy to polymer composites. Intumescent systems based on lignin also have been investigated for textile materials when (1) used in bulk polymer matrix, (2) applied as thin coating or layer for fabrics, to confer fire retardancy. In addition, context also provides overview on different types of lignin, extraction processes and key player of global lignin market. Further different existing and emerging applications of lignin have been discussed briefly. Finally, the future perspective of lignin-based intumescent for imparting flame retardancy is also pointed out.
Lignin plays a major role in woody plants, adding strength and structure to the cell walls, controlling fluid flow and protecting against biochemical stresses by inhibiting enzymatic degradation of other components [17]. It usually contributes between 15 and 40 wt.% of woody plants dry matter [18]. Its chemical structure consists of phenyl propane units, originating from three aromatic alcohol precursors (monolignols) such as p-coumaryl, coniferyl and sinapyl alcohols. The phenolic substructures that originate from these monolignols are called p-hydroxyphenyl (H, from coumaryl alcohol), guaiacyl (G, from coniferyl alcohol) and syringyl (S, from sinapylalcohol) moieties (Figure 1). Lignin composition and content are influenced by the species and also by the environment. Hardwood lignins consist principally of G and S units and traces of H units, whereas softwood lignins mostly comprise G units, with low levels of H units [19]. The variability of lignin composition is much greater in hardwoods than in softwoods.
The three main precursors of lignin (monolignols) and their corresponding structures in lignin polymers [19].
Based on the first full lignin structure proposed by Adler in 1977 [20], lignin is recognized as a highly branched heteropolymer without any overall defined chemical structure (Figure 2). Lignin contains a variety of functional groups; the most common ones are aromatic methoxyl and phenolic hydroxyl, primary and secondary aliphatic hydroxyl and small amount of carbonyl group. The monomeric C9 unit is linked to form a polymer by C–O–C and C–C linkage. The most abundant lignin interunit linkage is the β-O-4 ether type of linkage, comprising about 50% of the interunit linkages in lignin (ca. 45% in softwoods and up to 60% in hardwoods). Other common lignin interunit linkages are α-O-4 type, resinol (β-β´), phenylcoumaran (β-5), 5-5´and 4-O-5 moieties (Figure 2). The number of these structures varies in different lignins.
Main linkages in a softwood lignin.
Lignin is extracted from the other lignocellulosic parts by physical and/or chemical and biochemical treatments. Technical lignin can be classified based on different point of view (Table 1). Common pulping processes are based on the cleavage of ester and ether linkages. It is worth noticing that resulted technical lignin differ considerably from the plant lignin. In this part, different commercially available extraction processes are discussed, which are used to recover technical lignins. Figure 3 shows the classification into two main categories such as sulphur-bearing and sulphur-free processes.
Lignin type | Scale | Chemistry | Sulphur content | Purity |
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Kraft | Industrial | Alkaline | Low | High |
Lignosulphonate | Industrial | Acidic | High | Low |
Organosolv | Industrial/Pilot | Acidic | Free | High |
Soda | Industrial/Pilot | Alkaline | Free | Moderate |
Hydrolytic | Industrial/Pilot | Acidic | Low/Free | Moderate |
Classification of technical lignins.
Different extraction processes to separate lignin from lignocellulosic biomass and the corresponding technical lignins.
Sulphur lignin includes kraft and lignosulphonates lignin, which are primarily produced by pulp and paper industries and mainly correspond to the lignin extraction from the cellulose.
The kraft process uses a mixture of chemicals including sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium sulphide (Na2S), known as white liquor, which breaks the bonds that link lignin to the cellulose. It basically converts wood or non-wood material into pulp and the generated black liquor that is then acidified to recover lignin. Considering the high sulphur environment used for kraft lignin extraction, it is quite surprising that the residual sulphur content is so low, typically below 2–3%. Moreover, it contains a high amount of condensed structures and a high level of phenolic hydroxyl groups [5], due to extensive cleavage of β-aryl bonds during cooking. The number-average molar mass (Mn) of kraft lignin is generally low, between 1000 and 3000 g mol−1 [21].
The most abundant type of commercial lignin available is sulphite lignin because traditionally this was the most used type of pulping process. It is based on a cooking with an aqueous sulphur dioxide (SO2) and a base calcium, sodium, magnesium or ammonium base. Lignosulphonates contain a considerable amount of sulphur in the form of sulphonate groups present on the aliphatic side chains. Lignosulphonates are water-soluble. They have a higher average molar mass than kraft lignin with a broad polydispersity index, around 6–8 [22]. However, they are generally contaminated by the cations used during pulp production and recovery. Their reactivity depends to some extent on the cation. Calcium- and ammonium-based products exhibit the lowest and the highest reactivity, respectively, while sodium- and magnesium-based lignosulphonates show a medium reactivity [23].
Sulphur-free lignins are an emerging class of lignin products which have a low macromolecular size, after fractionation steps. The structure of these lignins is close to those of the native lignins. They show interesting properties that can make them an attractive source of low-molar mass phenol or aromatic compounds. Sulphur-free lignins can be divided into two main categories such as lignins from solvent pulping (organosolv lignin) and from alkaline pulping (soda lignin).
Organosolv lignins are generally the purest ones, with the highest quality [24]. They show high solubility in organic solvents and practically insoluble in water, since they are very hydrophobic. They are recovered from the solvent by precipitation, which typically involves adjusting different parameters, such as concentration, pH and temperature. The most common organosolv processes are based on ethanol/water pulping (e.g., Alcell) and pulping with acetic acid, containing a small amount of mineral acid such as hydrochloric or sulphuric acid [25]. In addition, another extraction based on a mixture of formic acid, acetic acid and water was developed by CIMV Company (France). The lignin produced was called Bio-lignin© and is thought to be linear and have low molecular weight according to some published work [26, 27]. However, some of these isolation concepts, such as the Alcell process, using aqueous ethanol, are now being commercialized as a bio-refinery technology whereby the cellulose fraction is being used for ethanol production [28].
Soda lignin originates from soda or soda-anthraquinone pulping processes. Soda-based cooking method are mainly used for annual plants such as straw, flax, bagasse, and to some extent hardwoods [29, 30] . Lignin extraction is based on hydrolytic cleavage of the native lignin but it results in a relatively chemically unmodified lignin compared to the others lignin types. A specific procedure for the precipitation of lignin in the black liquors of soda processes, which specially adapted from paper factories in the production of cellulose from annual plants or agricultural residual substances, is the Granit process, where the pH value of the liquor is lowered by acidification, typically with mineral acids. The recovery of spent cooking liquor from pulping of non-woods is not without problem, because of high content of silica which may co-precipitate with the lignin. So this lignin presents a low quality [31, 32]. In the meantime, companies have claimed to have solved this problem and to have obtained soda lignins with low ash and silica content [33].
Various alternative pulping processes such as hydrothermal, steam explosion, ionic liquids (ILs), enzymatic, etc. have been developed but failed for industrial or large-scale implementation due to several reasons. There are many efforts and new approaches searching for new technologies and enhancing the value of lignin and lignin products [34].
It is excepted that depending on the plant source and the corresponding structure, lignin and lignin derivatives are offered in quite different qualities for a multitude of applications. Isolated lignin is currently used in a wide range of low volume, niche applications such as concrete additive, animal feed, dye stuff and other applications (including cosmetics and absorbents). In addition to this, lignin is a key intermediate for the production of activated carbon, carbon fibres, vanillin, sorbents, plastic materials, phenol, binders and motor fuel. These applications have tremendous scope in the future market. There is an increasing demand for lignin in developing countries such as China due to the country’s expanding industrial base [35].
Globally, major companies active in the lignin and lignin-based products industry, with top 10 players accounting for over 90% share of the global lignin market in 2015 [36]. The lignin market is highly concentrated, with top five players accounting for more than 85% share of the global market in 2015. Key players operating in the lignin market include Borregaard LignoTech, MeadWestvaco Corporation, Tembec Inc., Domtar Corporation, Domsjö Fabriker AB, Changzhou Shanfeng Chemical Industry Co. Ltd, Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd., UPM-Kymmene Corporation, Asian Lignin Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd., Lignol Energy Corporation, Green Value and Liquid Lignin Company (LLC).
At present, lignosulphonates accounted for the largest share of the global lignin market due to rising demand for lignin on the building and construction industry, are produced majorly by Borregaard (Norway) and Tembac (Canada), but there are also minor suppliers, for example, Nippon paper Industries (Japan), ALMT (India) and Domsjo AB. Kraft lignin is manufactured by MeadWestvaco (MWV) corporation (USA) and Domtar (Canada). Organosolv lignin are produced based on ethanol/water pulping (Lignol©, Canada) [28, 37], another extraction based on a mixture of formic acid, acetic acid and water (Bio-lignin©) was developed by CIMV Company (France) [38]. The degree of current utilization shows that at present only the potential of the lignin from sulphite pulping is utilized. The highest possible potential, however, has the lignin of the sulphate process due to the production volume.
The recent interest in lignin as renewable raw material feedstock is evidenced by the growing number of research documents containing the word “lignin application” which have been published in last 20 years (Figure 4). Especially during the last 10 years, more interest was developed on exploitation of lignin due to demand to promote “green concept”. Several lignin market studies proposed high demand of lignin in forthcoming years. Zion Research has published a new report “Lignin Market” [39] for various applications; Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis and Forecast 2014–2020. According to the report, global lignin market was valued at approximately USD 775 Million in 2014 and is expected to reach around USD 900 million in 2020, growing at a CAGR of slightly above 2.5% between 2015 and 2020. Global lignin market was dominated by the North America region followed by Europe. The lignin market in Europe region is expected to grow at a rapid pace in the years to come. The Europe region is followed by the Asia Pacific and Latin America, respectively. Asia Pacific is expected to be the fastest growing market for lignin during the forecast period
Research documents devoted to lignin applications in different areas published during 1996–2016 (Scopus® database with key word “lignin applications”).
Most of the 70 million tons of lignin yearly occurring as a by-product in pulping is used for energy generation during sulphate pulping, because of the need to recover and recycle the inorganic cooking chemicals. For this reason, less than 2% of lignin and its by-products are materially utilized. Lignosulphonates accounted for the largest share of the global lignin market (1,000,000 tons per annum) [4, 40] due to rising demand for lignin on the building and construction industry. Demand for kraft lignin has increased (100,000 tap) due to growing demand for dye stuff in the paints and coatings and textile industries. Additionally, rising usage of kraft lignin as insecticides has contributed to the growth of global lignin market. Sulphur-free lignin is not yet commercialized in higher amounts (<5 kton).
Lack of toxicity and versatility of lignin creates several potential industrial application routes. Stringent regulations, bulk availability, cost efficiency and growing need for bio-based and renewable chemicals are high-value lignin properties. Significant scope for diverse applications (Figure 5) principally segmented as power/energy, macromolecules and aromatics. Immense scope and opportunities to turn lignin into biofuel as companies are readily investing in the research and development for related applications. Overall, lignin applications can be divided into low or mid value and high-value applications. The low-value applications of lignosulphonates and sulphonated kraft lignins such as dust control, concrete admixtures and oil well drilling muds while most of the high-value applications target emerging applications, in which the chemical versatility of lignin could be fully utilized, or very large volume applications such as the production of BTX and other petrochemicals.
Current and potential applications of technical lignin.
The traditional lignin applications include, primarily, lignin uses where lignin plays a replacement role for a relatively low-value chemical or material. As it was mentioned earlier, the largest current use of industrial lignin is fuel. However, there are several matured industrial lignin applications, constituting the bulk of the higher value lignin commercial chemical market, and this includes, primarily, lignosulphonates or sulphonated kraft lignins in large-medium-size markets such as additives for concrete admixtures, dust control, feed and food additives, dispersants, resin and binder compositions and oil well drilling. Examples of smaller market for technical lignins include carbon black, emulsifiers, water treatment, cleaning chemicals, leather tanning, battery expanders and rubber additives [41]. There are many reviews and literatures available, which cover traditional lignin applications [42] therefore, not discussed here.
From 1990 to 2010, several novel lignin applications have been proposed and described in the scientific and patent literature. Some of these novel applications have been demonstrated at larger than laboratory scale. For instance, the production of lignin-based carbon fibre (LCF) [10, 43, 44] is one of the brightest examples of successful lignin upgrading technology which has been scaled up to pilot scale. Another example of nontraditional lignin application is the use of upgraded technical lignins in polymers composites. For instance, depolymerization of lignins to produce valuable oxygenated aromatic compounds, and possibly olefins too, in replacement of petrochemicals [45, 46]. This section briefly summarizes these three relevant examples of emerging nontraditional lignin applications which in our opinion present the largest potential, in terms of volume and value, for commercialization of technical lignins in the future. Among all the emerging lignin applications, utilization of lignin’s functionality in polymer composites is perhaps one with the large market potential in future lignin demand.
For environmental concerns, halogen-free flame retardant (HFFR) has stimulated great attention in recent years due to the evolution of corrosive and toxic gases during the combustion of halogen-containing flame retardant materials [47]. The presence of lignin gives peculiar properties to the composite. Lignin can act as a stabilizer preventing polymer aging due to its antioxidant activity [48, 49, 50]. Lignin has the advantage of being a bio-based compound and can be effectively used as carbon source for the design of intumescent systems in combination with other flame retardant additives. Owing to the presence of highly aromatic structure lignin is able to produce a large amount of char residue upon heating at elevated temperature [12, 51], which reduces the combustion heat and heat release rate (HRR) of polymeric materials and thus enhances the fire retardancy. All forthcoming reviewed study have demonstrated that lignin-based intumescent could be a worthy alternative that represents a great advantage in comparison with the other proposed fire retardant system.
Polypropylene is one of those most versatile polymers available with applications, both as a plastic and as a fibre. Its low density, low cost and easy processability makes it suitable for applications in automobiles, packaging and textile industry. However, PP has some drawbacks such as thermal stability, high flammability, thermal oxidation, etc. There are several ways to improve fire and thermal properties but incorporation of fillers into the polymer matrix has been extensively used to improve the mentioned properties. About decade ago in first study, A. De Chirico et al. [16] used lignin as charring agent with other traditional phosphorus flame retardants for improving the flame retardancy of polypropylene, each formulation containing 14 wt.% lignin and 6 wt.% of other flame retardants. TGA and cone calorimetry study showed that combination of lignin in intumescent formulation could prolong the combustion time, enhance the char residue and reduces the heat release rate during burning. Further, the same research group utilized direct lignin in polypropylene matrix to study thermal stability and fire performance of PP composite [52]. Polypropylene blends containing 5 and 15 wt.% of lignin was prepared by mixing in a screw mixer. Thermogravimetric analysis presented, increase in the thermal degradation temperature of the blends as a function of lignin content. The increase is more pronounced for the experiments carried out in air atmosphere, where the interactions between the PP and the charring lignin lead to the formation of a protective surface shield able to reduce the oxygen diffusion towards the polymer bulk. Another different study proposed by Yu et al. [11], wherein alkali lignin was modified by chemical grafting of flame retardant phosphorous and nitrogen-containing macromolecules, modified lignin (PN-lignin) blended with polypropylene polymer matrix to give enhanced fire property. Cone calorimetry study showed PN-lignin further reduces the peak heat release rate (−45%) and slows the combustion process, modified lignin (PN-lignin) also exhibits a much higher char-forming ability with a char of 61.4 wt.% (40.7 wt.% for lignin) at 600°C in N2. Similar strategy is used by Liu et al. [53] to fabricate flame retardant wood plastic PP composite (WPC). Lignin was chemically modified by grafting of N-P then coordinated with metal ions. Wood-PP (WP/PP) and wood-PP-lignin (WP/PP/lignin) composites were fabricated via melt compounding using a rheomix at 180°C for 10 min. Flammability of samples was tested using UL94: the obtained results reported that adding 15 wt.% F-lignin resulted in a V-1 rating showing better FR properties than PP/WP composite. Compared with pure lignin incorporation of equal loading of F-lignin into WPC can further increase the thermal stability of PP/WP composite. Cone tests showed that optimum content of F-lignin in PP/WP shows 15 wt.%, which gave the best FR result by reducing PHRR, THR and MARHE. Moreover, smoke production was also reduced by 30 wt.%. The study by Acha et al. [54] present combination of lignin and jute fabric for impart fire retardancy and toughening to PP matrix. Different formulation of kraft lignin blended with PP in mixer at 180°C for 10 min and film were obtained by compression moulding and then jute fabric was sandwiched between the film and compression moulded PP at 180°C for 25 min. The blends showed higher degradation temperature compared to neat PP and with increased char residue. Char residue produced at degradation was directly related to lignin content in blend. With increasing lignin content time to ignition (TTI) decreases, but with increased char yield. Addition of jute fabric to PP leads to significant increase in stiffness of composite due to higher modulus of jute fibre. Jute fabric also improves tensile strength and impact behaviour. In different study Song et al. [55] investigated the synergistic effect of lignin for acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS): improved flame retardancy was revealed with 20 wt.% of lignin. Cone calorimetry test demonstrated 20 wt.% lignin causing a 32% reduction in peak heat release rate. Further addition of styrene ethylene-co-butadiene styrene-grafted maleic anhydride (SEBS-g-MA) as in situ reactive compatibilizer for ABS/lignin composite further reduces peak heat release rate (PHRR), indicating enhanced flame retardancy due to the improved interfacial adhesion. The in situ reactive compatibilization with SEBS-g-MA also contributes protective char layer formation. Thermal degradation and melting behaviour of PET was investigated by Canetti and Bertini [56]. Hydrolytic lignin was directly blended with PET thermoplastic using a single screw extruder. Thermal decomposition, melting behaviour and crystallinity of the resulting blend was studied by thermogravimetry, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction, respectively. TG analysis results show that the introduction of lignin leads char formation and effective char layer (~27 wt.%) formed with 20 wt.% lignin content, evidenced of barrier effect. Further presence of lignin in blends promotes the crystallization process and induces a faster crystalline reorganization than that of the pure PET. The reduction in the entropy of melting due to a modification of the amorphous phase must be considered as responsible of the melting behaviour. Research group from China studies lignin-modified PU foam as a single component with excellent flame retardancy [57]. Corn straw lignin was first grafted with phosphate-melamine containing group to prepare a compound named as LPMC and then different wt.% ratio (5, 10, 15 and 20 wt.%) of LPMC were copolymerized with isocyanate to produce lignin-modified PU foam. TGA study showed initial degradation temperature of modified PU-LPMC foam that is slightly lower than that of pure PU, which accelerates intumescent action. In addition, the presence of LPMC could promote the generation of non-flammable gases during PU degradation, inhibiting the flame propagation and dehydration of PU to form compact char layer. Further char formation greatly increases with increasing LPMC content. Furthermore, flame retardancy assessed by limiting oxygen index (LOI) and UL-94 flame spread test illustrate, self-extinguishment and inhibition from melt dripping with small amount of LPMC and V-1 rating could be achieved for PU-LPMC15 foam.
Recent years have seen the development of polymer made from renewable resources (bio-polymers). These materials represent an interesting alternative to traditional polymers due to their independence towards petroleum and, in some cases, they offer a different end of life scenario (bio-degradation). In previous years, bio-polymers were essentially used for short life products, for example, packaging. Now durable applications can be visualized. However, to penetrate some industrial sectors, functional properties, like thermal stability and flame retardant properties must be improved. Few studies have been proposed to use lignin as an additive for bio-polymers to modify flame retardant properties and thermal stability and to get a completely “green” material. In this regard Zhang et al. [58] reported a novel intumescent flame retardant (IFR) consisting of microencapsulated ammonium polyphosphate (MCAPP) and lignin to confer fire retardancy to poly lactic acid (PLA). The IFRs formulation was made up of MCAPP, lignin and organic modified montmorillonites (OMMTs). The ratio of MCAPP to lignin was fixed at 3:1, and the loading of OMMTs were kept at 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 wt.%, the total content of IFR in PLA composites was kept at 23 wt.%. PLA composite containing 21 wt.% MCAPP/lignin and 2 wt.% OMMT showed the best LOI value of 35.3 and UL-94 V-0 classification, and exhibited a remarkable enhancement of the flame retardancy. For the same blend, the reduction of PHRR was 79% and that of THR was 60% as assessed in cone calorimetry test. In addition, the char residue analysis clearly showed that the incorporation of OMMTs can improve the char quality with a much more compact and continuous morphology. Alternatively, Reti et al. [59] studied lignin-based intumescent to provide flame retardant PLA. 10 wt.% kraft lignin and 30 wt.% ammonium polyphosphate (APP) were blended with PLA and compared with same composition of PLA/APP/starch and PLA/APP/PER systems. Further flammability properties were assessed by limiting oxygen index (LOI) and UL-94 vertical flame test. Blends containing lignin exhibited LOI value as high as 32 vol.%, slightly lower than starch containing blends (40 vol.%) but acceptable to achieve self-extinction. However, UL-94 test revealed that the presence of lignin and starch leads to superior fire properties and V-0 rating was achieved. Cone calorimeter results demonstrate that lignin-based formulation under test condition form an efficient intumescent protective char layer structure, which further reduces the heat release rate (HRR) besides, the observed 47% reduction in peak HRR is higher than that of the starch containing (PHRR, −41%) blend. However, the best cone test results were obtained for PLA/APP/PER system. In other study, Bertini et al. [60] exploited rice husk lignin, isolated by means of acidolytic (AL) and alkaline enzymatic (AEL) extraction methods. The isolation methods provides lignin samples with significant differences among their molecular, thermal and chemical features. Bio-composites of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) with AL and AEL lignin were prepared by weight ratios of 97.5/2.5, 95/5, 90/10 and 85/15%. The morphological, structural and thermal characteristics of the bio-composites were extensively studied. TG analysis of the PHB-AL bio-composites showed an enhancement of the thermal resistance, being the thermal degradation process shifted to higher temperatures. The increase of thermal stability was observed as a function of the lignin amount in PHB-AL bio-composites. Further, Ferry et al. [61] used lignins (alkali and organosolv) as flame retardant to improve the fire behaviour polybutylene succinate (PBS) bio-polyester. Lignin was successfully modified by grafting of macromolecular phosphate molecule. 20% loading of modified lignin in PBS matrix, alkali lignin significantly reduces heat release rate, promotes thick charring behaviour and was proved to be more interesting than organosolv lignin due to the release of sulphur dioxide during decomposition. A study by Liu and coworker [62] explains modification of alkali lignin by grafting of phosphorus-nitrogen-zinc-containing macromolecule and blending of modified lignin (PNZn-lignin) with bio-degradable polybutylene succinate (PBS) to impart flame retardancy. Incorporation of PNZn-lignin can effectively increase to some extent the thermal stability of PBS composites by gradual shift of Tmax. Adding 10 wt.% of PNZn-lignin, PHRR and THR are remarkably reduced by 51 and 68%, respectively. Meanwhile, the AMLR and TSR are also decreased, respectively, by 54 and 55% as compared with pure PBS. Impressively, the char residue is enhanced from 9 wt.% for pure PBS to 55 wt.% with 10 wt.% of PNZn-lignin content. The prescence of Zn (II) ions leads to a compact, thick and strong char layer and makes PBS to show reduced flammability and smoke release. Tables 2 and 3 collect the most significant results based on these attempts.
Polymer | Formulation | Flame retardancy | Ref. |
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PP | 20 wt.% total add-on (14 wt.% lignin + 6 wt.% Al(OH)3/PVA/MeP/AHP/APP) | Synergism with other FRs, longer combustion time and reduced PHRR with phosphate FRs | [16] |
PP | Lignin 5 and 15 wt.% add-on | Higher char yield with increased lignin content, protective char layer formed | [52] |
PP/WPC | Up to 20 wt.% total add-ons of chemically functionalized lignin and wood | PHRR decreased by 9%, THR by 25%, AMLR by 19% and char residue increased by 30% | [53] |
PP | Lignin up to 20 wt.% and jute fabric | Char yield increases with increasing lignin content which leads to improved FR properties | [54] |
PP | Soda lignin grafted with N-P containing macromolecule up to 30 wt.% | PHRR reduction 45%, char residue 21% increased, compact char layer formation | [11] |
ABS | Wheat straw alkali lignin up to 20 wt.% with SEBS-g-MA up to15 wt.% | PHRR reduction 32%, protective char layer formation increased | [55] |
PET | Hydrolytic lignin up to 20 wt.% | Formation of protective char layer, degradation temperature increases | [56] |
PU | Corn straw lignin grafted phosphate melamine compound up to 20 wt.% | Improvement in thermal stability, increased charring, self-extinguishment, inhibition of melt dripping and smoke production | [57] |
Lignin-based fire retardant system to improve fire retardancy.
Polymer | Formulation | Flame retardancy | Ref. |
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PLA | Alkali lignin + MCAPP 23 wt.% with OMMTs 0.5, 1 and 2 wt.% | LOI 35%, PHRR reduction 79%, UL94 V0 classification, THR reduction 60% | [58] |
PLA | Kraft lignin/starch 10 wt.% + APP 30 wt.% | PHRR reduced to 47%, UL94 V0 classification LOI improved to 32%, protective layer formed | [59] |
PHB | Lignin isolated by alkali enzymatic (AEL) and acidolytic (AL) process up to 15 wt.% | PHB-AL bio-composite showed higher thermal resistance than PHB-AEL bio-composite | [60] |
PBS | Alkali lignin 10 wt.% + macromolecular phosphate-modified alkali lignin 10 wt.% | Significant drop of PHRR and THR promotes thick charring behaviour | [61] |
PBS | Alkali lignin grafted with N-P-Zn containing macromolecule (PNZn-lignin) up to 10 wt.% | Reduction in PHRR 51% and TSR 55%, char residue enhanced by 54% from pure PBS | [62] |
Lignin-based fire retardant system to improve fire retardancy of biopolymers.
The development of flame retardant material is very crucial research topic and even more when it is related to textile material (Figure 6). Textiles are everywhere in our day today life and serve not only as clothes, curtains, bedding, seat covers and carpets but also in public transports and cinema halls. Different countries like UK, US, Canada, Australia and some EU countries have some stringent flammability requirement for textiles used in home appliances, public transport and public places. These textiles are made of natural or synthetic fibres show high burning rate due to their organic nature and the high specific surface further dripping effect make it more hazardous material. Therefore, a constant demand on fire protection is observed and even more since the toxicity of halogenated additives was highlighted [63]. As previously emphasized in this article, in the recent years researchers in the field of fire retardancy of polymeric substrates have geared up to find a sustainable approach to reduce the carbon foot print. In this connection, efforts have been extended, especially from the last 10 years, to use different eco-friendly bio-based extracted plant resources and other natural resources due to the desire to promote a “green concept”. In this approach, a few researchers have started exploratory work to use a sustainable way to make the materials fire retardant and came out with good research findings where they used different bio-macromolecules as fire retardant alternatives instead of synthetic chemicals. The exciting results are documented in the scientific published articles [64, 65, 66]. In this direction, Alongi et al. used DNA bio-molecule to impart flame retardancy to cotton fabric [67]. Very recently, Basak et al. reported use of different bio-molecule such as banana pseudostem sap (BPS), spinach juice and hydrophobin for improving thermal stability and subsequent fire retardancy [68]. In another study, Wang et al. developed novel eco-friendly chicken feather-based protein bio-molecule for imparting fire retardancy to cotton fabric [69]. In a different approach, the use of bio-based ingredients for the formulation of intumescent flame retardant system (IFR) has been proposed. Few studies proposed to replace the acid source by bio-based component: more specifically, fumaric acid and phytic acid were proposed as suitable candidates to develop intumescent system with PLA [70]. Bio-based carbonizing agents such as starch [71], cyclodextrin [72] and chitosan [73] have been proposed and showed high efficiency. Among those entirely bio-based carbonizing agents, lignin has also been considered by some researchers due to its abundance in nature and high charring capacity. Thus, very recently Cayla et al. have prepared fire retardant PLA fibres containing IFR composed of lignin and ammonium polyphosphate (APP) [74].
Life cycle of bio-based textile.
Two different well-known methods are discussed to confer flame retardancy to textile materials. These approaches are evidently easier to process as compared to synthesizing fire retardant fibres by copolymerization.
The first approach, which is widely used to provide low flammability to textiles, concerns the surface treatments such as padding, layer by layer (LBL) and back-coating of fire retardant intumescent formulation on textile structures during the finishing step. In the field of textile coating market, the standard formulation based on antimony III oxide (ATO) and brominated hydrocarbons, notably decabromodiphynyl ether (decaDBE) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) are most commercially successful flame retardant formulations due to their low cost and durable flame retardancy effect. However, during the last 20 years environmental concerns have been raised to reduce their usage. The challenge of replacing these system by phosphorus-nitrogen-containing fire retardant system have been investigated [75, 76]. Consequently, phosphorous- and nitrogen-based fire retardant chemicals became dominant in the market because some of the phosphorous-/nitrogen-based species have high wash durability (even more than 50 washes). As a result, durable flame retardants based on the composition of phosphorous, nitrogen-like Tetrakis phosphonium chloride salt [proban® process] and N-alkyl phosphopropionamide [pyrovatex® and similar processes] derivatives are widely used commercially [77]. In fact, these chemical treatments bring stiffness in fabric due to high add-on%, are hazardous due to toxic chemical release, are expensive also because of a larger use of chemicals. Challenges associated to developments of flame retardant textile have been highlighted by Horrocks et al. in detail [77]. From that extensive review, it is quite clear that the major challenges for the flame retardant researchers are to develop more cost effective, environmental friendly and sustainable fire retardant chemicals. The first attempt to apply a bio-based intumescent coating to textile was carried out by Srikulkit et al. in 2006 [78], depositing multilayer of polyelectrolyte consisting of chitosan and poly(phosphoric acid) on silk. The results showed that an assembly consisting of 60 bilayers promotes the formation of a highly thermally stable char. Alternatively Laufer et al. [79] proposed fully bio-based intumescent based on phytic acid and chitosan applied to impart fire retardancy and reduced cotton PHRR by 50%. In the same scenario Alongi et al. reported DNA as an effective intumescent flame retardant for cotton fabrics as it contains all three components typical of an IFR formulation [67, 80]. Further by combining DNA with chitosan, the resulting assemblies (10 and 20 Bls) applied to cotton extinguished flame in horizontal flame spread tests and under a 35 kW/m2 heat flux, produced a significant decrease of cotton PHRR and THR (−41 and −32%, respectively) [81]. Among those bio-based IFR components, lignin has also been considered as carbonizing agent by some researchers due to its abundant availability as raw material from pulp and paper making industries. In this context, Reti et al. [82] showed that intumescent films based on lignin are able to confer flame retardancy to nonwovens composed of hemp/wool. Films are elaborated with the formulations PLA/APP/LIG used as a potential flame retardant treatment on nonwoven. Intumescent film of about 250 μm thickness was applied on nonwoven using moulding press at 180°C. Horizontal and vertical flame spread measurements have shown no combustion when PLA FR films are coated on nonwovens. Self-extinguishable materials were obtained. In cone calorimetry, nonwoven covered with PLA/APP/Lignin film increased TTI by 50%, nonwoven treated with these coatings have around 40% of PHRR reduction. In the same scenario, work was performed in our lab as PET fabric was coated with intumescent solution [83]. Intumescent flame retardant coating based on lignin and APP in polyurethane (PU) were prepared by dispersing lignin (10 wt.%) and APP (10 wt.%) in PU solution. The dispersions were applied onto PET fabrics using a K Control Coater with a specific threaded rod to obtain a wet film of 100 μm at 2 m s−1. The coated textile was then cured at 155°C for 4 min for crosslinking. Fire test performed using cone calorimetry with 25 kW/m2 revealed that intumescent coating of APP/lignin/PU on PET fabric shows good result with increasing the number of coating layers. Reduction of peak heat release rate (PHRR) of ~59% was observed with eight coating layers.
Apart from the use of back coating, which may be applied to any textile comprising any type of fibres, flame retardant can also be applied to fusible fibre forming polymer during processing stage. There are two established viable ways to embed a flame retardant component in polymeric textiles. The first method deals with synthesizing fire retardant fibres by copolymerizing a FR component in thermoplastic macromolecular chain, where the flame retardant properties are firmly anchored in the fibre such as Trevira® CS a fire retardant copolyester fibres [84]. Despite their interesting fire performance, processing these materials is a costly and challenging task which often stops at laboratory scale, besides melt dripping issue is also addressed to PET. Therefore, there is a need for fire retardants that reduces melt dripping and promote the char formation. The second method deals with melt blending of FR additives and polymers. This method is discussed further in this review. Phosphorus-based compounds are widely investigated as FR additive in intumescent system by melt blending to impart flame retardancy to bulk polymer. Most of studies have been carried out on plates and composites. This section is not aimed to review all of them, as two detailed studies have been already published [85, 86]. In this context efforts have been extended, especially from the last 10 years, to use different eco-friendly bio-based extracted plant resources and other natural resources due to the desire to promote a “green concept”. Thus, the formulation of intumescent flame retardant (IFR) systems may be based on bio-based acidic source such as phytic acid [87], metallic phytates [64], different bio-based carbonization agents like chitosan [73], cyclodextrin [72] and starch [71] exploiting melt blending processes. Among bio-based carbonizing agents, lignin has also been considered as an effective char former due to its highly aromatic structure. As reviewed in a previous section, lignin has been studied as a bio-based carbon source in intumescent system for various thermoplastic polymers to develop thermally stable and flame retardant composites.
As observed for bulk polymer, the combination of lignin with conventional flame retardants may enhance the overall flame retardant properties [16, 52]. Very recently, Cayla et al. [74] have used the same melt blending and spinning approach to develop flame retardant textile of PLA by using kraft lignin (LK) as carbon source with ammonium polyphosphate (APP) flame retardant additive, blended prior to the extrusion process. Several blends based on PLA/LK/APP were prepared to determine the possibility of melt spinning. Kraft lignin at 5 and 10 wt% with same proportion of APP was blended with PLA. TGA study showed that the combination of PLA/LK/APP exhibits single stage decomposition and degradation of PLA/LK/APP composites starts at a lower temperature than PLA. UL94 vertical flame tests performed on fabric samples showed that all the PLA/LK/APP ternary composites achieved V-0 rating with lowering the sample burning length. The combustion behaviour of fabric specimen was studied by cone calorimetry at heat flux 25 kW/m2. The presence of lignin only in PLA does not improve the fire properties, but the combination of PLA/LK/APP exhibits good enhancement of fire retardant properties: in fact, tign is closer to that of the neat PLA and overall THR & MARHE values are lower than 56% and 43%, respectively. Besides, the combination of LK/APP allows increasing the charring effect that leads to the maximum residue at the end of combination.
In the same line, another work presents [88] intumescent formulations of lignin and APP with bio-based Polyamide 11 (Rilsan® PA11) prepared and extruded at 220°C. Blends were prepared by taking different weight ratios of intumescent formulation, keeping as high as 20 wt.% the total add on. TGA analysis shows an increase of char residue in the lignin-containing blends. Sheets of the different formulations were tested under the cone, using a heat flux of 25kWm−2. Based on cone calorimetry results some of selected formulations were spindrawn by melt spinning to produce multifilament and finally knitted textile structures were preferred to woven fabrics. Cone calorimetry tests performed on the fabrics containing 10 wt.% lignin and 10 wt.% of OP1230 showed reduction of PHRR and THR of about 50 and 30%, respectively and an increase of time to ignition. In another work by Gaan et al. [89], flammability of cellulose-based textiles obtained from cotton fibre (Cot-Cell) and peat fibres (P-Cell), this latter is rich source of lignin (about 30 wt.%) are studied. Fibres are pretreated to make them a similar contraction. Both fibres were knitted in single jersey pattern. In a first step, flammability of knitted textile was evaluated for their flammability using the vertical fabric strip, BKZ-VB Swiss standard test. To further improve the flammability, a series of phosphoramidate was synthesized and Cot-Cell and P-Cell textile were treated with the FR compound normal by soaking in solution followed by drying in air. TGA and pyrolysis combustion flow calorimeter (PCFC) were used as screening tools.
The pursuit of sustainable development are the driving forces for increasing the interest in the use of material derived from renewable and bio-based sources. As indicated in this review, lignin is a promising component as carbon source in intumescent flame retardant systems due to its high charring capacity and abundancy in nature. In recent years, novel emerging applications of lignin have been explored: among them, it is worthy to mention the production of chemicals by depolymerization, manufacturing of lignin-based carbon fibres (LCF) and their use in polymer composites are the examples some niche areas. As presented in this review, the highly aromatic structure of lignin makes it suitable candidate as char former (carbon source) for intumescent system to improve flame retardant properties of polymer. Further, lignin-based intumescent have been studied extensively in bulk polymer including a wide range of synthetic thermoplastic and with bio-based polymers. In the same scenario, few researcher extended the lignin utilization to develop flame retardant textile. Furthermore, lignin-based intumescent are applied to textile by mean of textile coating and to bulk polymers through melt blending. Very few literature studies are available related to lignin as additive for intumescent systems in combination with other flame retardant to use as intumescent coating material for textiles. On the other side, very recently lignin-based intumescent systems have been used in bulk polymer to develop flame retardant PLA multifilament fibres and textile structures. Therefore, lignin-based intumescent are a possible way to develop ‘green’ flame retardant materials that could design the formulation of an intumescent system for future. The number of increasing scientific articles involving lignin is the indication of the growing lignin utilization in various niche areas. As far as flame retardancy is concerned, we expect more and more scientific and industrial research exploring flame retardancy specifically for textile applications.
In summary, there are many interesting application investigated: some are novel applications but for this purpose lignin quality standard must be developed, because at present available lignin types differ substantially in composition, structure, purity, etc., depending on the plant source, extraction process and many other factor. It is generally excepted that intumescent systems appeared to be very efficient when used as coatings, regardless of the underlying substrate since no interference may occur, and their efficiency can be assured. In contrast, the situation becomes more difficult when lignins are employed in bulk; in fact, at processing temperature chemical and physical interactions may occur. At the same time, lignins must be highly compatible with the polymer matrix; certainly, a homogenous distribution and uniform dispersion are mandatory. On the other hand, the possibility to create an expanded char layer that can protect polymer during combustion is primarily depends on coherency and consistency of the char layer; in fact, it must be mechanically strong and compact, hence strongly increasing its efficiency.
In dairy farms, biosecurity, surveillance, resilience/immunity, biocontainment, and control of disease spread within the herd are the pillars that need to be appropriately managed to ensure the healthy herd [1].
\nBiosecurity is focused to reduce and prevent the introduction of diseases or pests of animals on a farm, and to minimize the spread of diseases or pests within a farm. Biosecurity action plans need to be implemented mainly in large dairy farms where the disease agents can be introduced by various sources such as labor, advisers, replacement cattle, supplies, feedstuffs, and vehicles [2].
\nSurveillance programs are developed for early detection of emerging pathogens, to establish disease-free status or the prevalence of a specific disease in a herd [3].
\nRelation resilience immunity is based on the individuals’ resistance to diseases that can be modulated by the ability of animals to adapt to adverse conditions (stress factor) and recover from them [4].
\nBiocontainment and control programs are important backup systems for biosecurity plans that will prevent the emerging disease spreading within the herd or the endemic diseases spreading between animals into the farm [2, 5].
\nThe overall biosecurity of dairy farm uses different levels or shells of actions (national or supranational, regional, and local), linked with the epidemiological profile of the pathogen. For highly contagious infectious agent (e.g., foot-and-mouth disease), the most efficient biosecurity plan is at national or European Union level, while for infectious agents transmitted by close contact between animals (e.g., bovine tuberculosis), the regional biosecurity measures such as movement controls will protect the status of the region [1].
\nBiosecurity practices on livestock farms have been described and prioritized in various ways [1, 2, 5, 6]. In this chapter, we grouped biosecurity measures in the following categories: dairy farm sanitation, facility biosecurity, animal biosecurity, feed biosecurity, and manure biosecurity.
\nSome infectious agents are specific for dairy cattle and others are zoonotic, affecting both bovine and human health. Employees and visitors can contribute to the spread of all these infectious agents on a dairy farm [7]. The transmission of pathogens by humans can be reduced or even stopped by providing on-farm laundry facilities for all protective clothing used on the farm, using only clean overalls during farm visits, providing disposable clean booties for visitors and cleaning of boots with disinfecting solution after scrubbing off any visible dirt at the end of the visit, and washing of hands before and after working with sick or young animals [7, 8, 9].
\nMilking parlor personnel should wear latex gloves while milking to reduce the spreading potential of the contagious mastitis pathogens [9]. Sometimes, these hired personnel can take care of other animals outside the dairy farm and carry pathogens on the farm. Employees should be regularly trained in good practices to prevent the spread of disease (the principles of hygiene and disease security). They need to know that calves are susceptible to diseases carried by adult animals, and daily activities should be organized so that employees work with younger animals before working with older animals. Prevention of the infectious agent’s introduction and spreading from outside and inside sources should also be considered in the education of hired personnel in basic hygiene and disinfection [10]. The main actions included in the biosecurity plan for dairy farms should reduce the risk of infectious diseases to be introduced by employees and visitors (Table 1).
\nBiosecurity measure | \nAction | \n
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Record in the logbook all farm visitors | \nPlace the visitor logbook at the farm entrance | \n
Restrict the access of visitors to the stable | \nLocking the stable doors | \n
Inform unauthorized persons that they are not allowed to enter the stable | \nPost-warning signs asking visitors not to pass inside stable and several directing signs to the farm offices | \n
The visitors can access the stable only with clean clothes and boots, which they have not used in other farms | \nProvide clean boots and overalls for all visitors | \n
The visitors should use a footbath with disinfectant and clean their boots before entering the stable | \nPlace a disinfectant footbath and brushes outside the stable | \n
The dealer or transporter of the newly arrived animals is not allowed to enter in stable or in contact with the farm animals | \nThe access of the cars is made on a route that avoids contact with the farm animals, directly toward the quarantine area located at a distance from the herd | \n
The livestock renderer access in the stable or the contact with cattle is restricted | \nStore dead animals away from the stable and main roads | \n
Biosecurity measures designed to reduce the risk of the infectious disease’s introduction in dairy farms by employees and visitors.
The access of visitors must be limited and recorded in a logbook; the farm touring must start from younger to older animal groups; barn doors are recommended to be locked and a warning sign must be posted to keep out unauthorized personnel [9].
\nAlso, along the access road of the farm must be displayed signs directing visitors to the administrative area and to the visitor parking, as well as warning signs to limit direct contact of visitors with farm feed and animals [11].
\nEquipment can be contaminated with infectious secretions, excretions, and blood and the movement of equipment between stalls and farms may also transport pathogens [12].
\nAll equipment used on the farm must be regularly cleaned and disinfected [11]. To prevent contamination of equipment, storage containers need to be used for all tools and feeding equipment. Also, all storage containers are regularly cleaned and disinfected. The storage containers must protect equipment from diseases, pests, or weeds [13]. Before use in healthy animals, equipment that has been used on sick animals must be cleaned and disinfected. However, it is better not to use clothing, shoes, and tools dedicated to the compartment of sick animals [14]. Dehorners, ear taggers, hoof knives, clippers, and all shared and hired equipment will be cleaned and disinfected between uses [11, 14].
\nNursing bottles and buckets must be sanitized before each feeding [14], calves kept indoors must have fresh clean dry bedding, and plastic calf hutches will be cleaned and disinfected after use [11].
\nThe equipment used for manure disposal will not be used for transporting or delivering feed [13].
\nDisposable clothing and used veterinary equipment must be removed safely [11].
\nVehicles are considered fomites mainly for pathogenic robust organisms that can survive a long time in the environment [1]. Mainly external vehicles that collect milk, calves, and carcasses or deliver feedstuffs, pharmaceuticals, and semen can be involved in the transmission of infectious disease because they travel daily from farm to farm [2, 10]. A high biosecurity risk is associated with carcasses (dead stock) collectors because they are usually in contact with diseased animals [15, 16].
\nTo prevent the introduction of infectious agents, vehicles must be kept clean and should not have access to the zones where the animals are housed [10, 11, 17].
\nExternal vehicles should not be allowed on the farm [18]. If vehicles are necessary on the farm, then ensure that vehicles and trailers are clean when entering the farm and disinfected before and after use [6, 11, 18, 19]. Cleaning and disinfection will cover both the exterior and the interior of the vehicles, with greater attention to areas where dirt may be hidden (e.g., wheel arches and tires) [11]. Because the transport by dealers may pose additional risks of infectious disease transmission between farms, it is recommended that the animal moving will use only farm-owned vehicles [20], with clean and ample bedding to prevent both injuries and disease [14].
\nGuidance indicators and warning and restricting access signs to unauthorized vehicles must be placed at the entrance to the farm road and along the road. The farm must have a designated area for visitors’ vehicles that are at the entrance of the farm and away from the animal and animal stalls [6, 10, 14]. Also, service vehicles should not drive over the routes of feed delivery or manure handling [14].
\nIn a dairy farm, the building’s design can help prevent the spread of pathogens to sick cows, periparturient cows, and newborns [2]. Buildings should have a well-established destination, in correlation with the categories of animals present on the farm. Dairy farms can secure their premises against domestic and wild animals by installing various types of fences (e.g., electric fence) around the buildings. Disinfectant footbaths should be at the entry of livestock housing. All farms should have isolation building (the quarantine facility) where the health status of the newly purchased cows will be observed before they join the rest of the herd [21]. To prevent direct and indirect contact between residents and new animals, the quarantine facility should be located in the farthest possible place on the dairy farm [10]. The farm must have a biosecurity plan that includes building maintenance activities (e.g., check and maintain fences, replace bird netting, and repair holes in buildings), which will reduce the contact of cattle with wild animals and the feed contamination with birds droppings or badger feces [14, 21].
\nThe introduction of new cattle is one of the most important biosecurity risks for dairy farms [10]. In modern dairy farming, the sale and movement of cattle is an intrinsic part of the business as a consequence of the increased herd replacement rate of adult milking cows, the forced culling, and the need to increase the size of the herd [1]. Therefore, keeping a closed herd is the most effective biosecurity measure but is the least practical [6]. To reduce the risk of diseases spreading between farms, the new animals are purchased only from herds with known health status and known vaccination protocols [9, 10].
\nThe best solution to prevent the introduction of diseases through the acquisition of new animals is the hosting of the newly purchased cows in a quarantine facility with trained personnel to handle isolated animals [10, 21]. Quarantine is one of the most important biosecurity tools and consists of the separation of specific groups of animals to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases. Prophylactic quarantine is designed to separate the resident herd from newly acquired animals for 1 month or more. During the 30 days of isolation, the personnel from the quarantine facility will monitor cattle health status and prevent direct and indirect contact between new and resident animals [9, 10]. If the infections have short incubation times, then the animals will develop acute diseases during the quarantine period. In other cases, to prevent the diseases spreading from animals that might be hiding an infectious agent without exhibiting clinical signs to resident animals, the quarantined animals will be tested for various diseases such as bovine tuberculosis, Johne’s disease, brucellosis, leptospirosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, leucosis, bovine viral diarrhea (BVD), infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), trichomoniasis, neosporosis, ringworm, liver fluke, lungworm, digital dermatitis, and contagious mastitis pathogens (Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus) [10, 14]. The testing of animals in the prophylactic quarantine is a valuable biosecurity tool when properly applied.
\nTo prevent the bovine tuberculosis introduction, the biosecurity plan should take into consideration all possibilities of Mycobacterium bovis transmission. Cattle are the main reservoir and spread microbes through aerosols (adults) or manure (calves) to many domestic and wild mammalian species. Sheep, goats, pigs, horses, and dogs are spillover hosts and spread M. bovis spread microbes in various ways (respiratory, digestive, by bites, or scratches). After infection, badgers, brush-tail opossums, wild boars, deer, and other wildlife species become wildlife reservoirs (maintenance host). Humans are susceptible and contract the infection mainly by drinking raw milk and raw milk products. People with pulmonary or urogenital tuberculosis can retransmit the infection to cattle [22].
\nCalves are more susceptible and should be kept in a separate area to minimize their exposure to infectious agents [14]. Calves can carry many infectious diseases without clinical signs and positive results on the laboratory tests (e.g., Johne’s disease). This risk can be reduced by purchasing calves only from herds officially certified as disease-free [1].
\nBecause one of the most common ways of the BVD virus introduction in a free farm is via a pregnant heifer (“Trojan cow”) carrying a persistently infected fetus, all calves from purchased cattle should be tested at birth to detect persistently infected animals with BVD virus [1, 9, 10]. Persistently infected animals are the main route of the BVDV spreading between herds because they cannot be detected by serological tests (immunotolerant calves), but excrete massive amounts of virus [1, 23]. The risk of farm contamination can be reduced by purchasing animals only from herds officially certified as BVDV-free. If the BVDV status in the herd of origin is unknown, then pregnant females should be isolated on arrival (the contact with any animal of breeding age must be restricted), tested for BVD antibody and BVD antigen, and released from isolation only if they are negative results at both tests or antibody positive, antigen-negative, calved, and the calf was tested negative or removed from the herd [1]. To prevent BVDV introduction into a free farm, the following risk factors should be considered: trade with live animals, embryo transfer and semen recipients, return of animals from animal exhibitions, direct contacts between cattle on pasture or over fences, density and activity of arthropod vectors, vaccination, and employee and visitors contact with animals [9, 24].
\nSick and suspicious animals should be isolated in a specific area and always handled at the end. In the control of contagious mastitis, the latter are milked cows suspected of the disease [9].
\nImplementing effective biosecurity programs will bring long-term economic benefits. Dutch studies have shown that the main benefits of a closed dairy herd with good biosecurity are better fertility and lower slaughter rates. The USA comparative studies in Johne’s disease-positive herds and Johne’s disease-negative herds revealed an economic loss of almost US$ 100 per cow in positive herds. Spread of an infectious disease onto a farm can lead to large economic losses. An outbreak of BVD in an Australian farm with 320 milking cows caused losses of $AUD 144,700 [25].
\nVaccination is another important biosecurity tool designed to protect resident cattle from infectious agents that could have been brought in by the newly purchased cows [26]. In dairy cattle, immunization mainly targets common infectious agents such as BVD virus, IBR virus, parainfluenza-3 (PI3) virus, bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV), leptospirosis, and clostridial infections [27]. Vaccination programs should be established in collaboration with the herd veterinarian and adapted to the risk of the disease spreading on the farm, including infectious agents that evolve in the area [25, 28]. Vaccination should not be considered the primary or single biosecurity tool because no vaccine provides 100% immunity [26, 28].
\nDairy herd vaccination programs are affected by various factors such as age and category of production, disease history, housing, type of vaccine (killed or modified live), and costs [28]. Vaccination programs are designed by age categories and are applied continuously to maximize herd immunity and minimize the spread of the infectious agent [27, 28].
\nVaccination schedule for dairy heifers from birth to 6 months of age can be started with an oral modified live vaccine (MLV) for bovine rotavirus and bovine coronavirus given 30 minutes before the ingestion of colostrum to prevent the inactivation [28]. In the first hour of life, calves must receive 2.8 L of colostrum, and in the next 23 hours, the rest of 2.8 L [27]. Depending on the epidemiological situation, an intranasal vaccination of neonatal calves with respiratory vaccines (IBR/PI-3/BRSV) can be started at 3 days of age or older [28]. At 6 weeks old, dairy heifers can receive an injectable modified-live IBR/PI3/BRSV/BVD vaccine and a seven-way clostridial bacterin-toxoid [27]. The immunity of injectable vaccines is longer than the immunity of intranasal vaccines [28]. Following national and international regulations on brucellosis prophylaxis, at 4–6 months age replacement heifers should receive brucellosis RB51 vaccine. Also, depending on the epidemiological situation, calves can receive the appropriate vaccination for leptospirosis clostridial diseases and/or Histophilus somnus. At 6 months of age, heifers should be revaccinated with modified live IBR/PI3/BRSV/BVD virus vaccine, seven-way clostridial vaccine, and five-way leptospirosis bacterin [27, 28].
\nPre-breeding heifers (10–12 months of age) should be revaccinated with killed or modified live IBR/PI3/BRSV/BVD virus vaccine, five-way leptospirosis bacterin, and seven- or eight-way clostridial bacterin-toxoid [28]. Optionally, it can be done with vibriosis bacterin [27].
\nPre-calving heifers should be revaccinated 40–60 days before calving with killed IBR/PI3/BRSV/BVD virus vaccine, five-way leptospirosis bacterin, killed rotavirus and coronavirus vaccine, and Escherichia coli + Clostridium perfringens types C and D bacterin/toxoid. Three weeks before to calving, heifers should be revaccinated with killed rotavirus and coronavirus vaccine, and Escherichia coli + Clostridium perfringens types C and D bacterin/toxoid [27, 28]. Also, pre-calving heifers should be vaccinated with coliform mastitis bacterin [27].
\nAdult cows should be annually vaccinated, 40–60 days before calving for IBR, PI3, BRSV, and BVDV [27]. Depending on the history of diseases in the region and the associated epidemiological risks, the farm veterinarian should choose vaccines that immunologically protect dairy cows during the lactation period and the dry period for leptospirosis, vibriosis, Rotavirus, Coronavirus, Clostridium perfringens types C and D, and Escherichia coli mastitis. Types of vaccines recommended are killed or bacterin/toxoid and modified-live vaccines (MLV) [27, 28]. Adult dairy cattle should receive a booster vaccination at 3 weeks before calving with killed rotavirus and coronavirus vaccine and Escherichia coli + Clostridium perfringens types C and D bacterin/toxoid vaccine [27]. MLV vaccines should be used with prudence in pregnant cows and only after consultation with the veterinarian [28]. The annual vaccination for vibriosis should be performed in dairy herds where the artificial insemination is not practiced [27].
\nThe annual vaccination of adult dairy cattle for calf scours (rotavirus and coronavirus, Escherichia coli, and Clostridium perfringens types C and D) should be considered in all herds with recent history as a part of the preventative management practices [27].
\nMastitis is one of the most important diseases in dairy cows that affects the welfare, production, and duration of the economic life of the animals [29]. Economic losses are due to direct milk production losses (reduction of quantity, unsalable, or poor quality), culling or removal from the herd of animals with unsatisfactory treatment results, cost of veterinary care, cost of excessive use of antimicrobials and other medicines, and the risk of antibiotic resistance [30].
\nThe main pathogens targeted by mastitis vaccines are Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, and Escherichia coli [29]. Reduction in the incidence and duration of intramammary infections can be obtained by applying the combination of vaccination with high milking hygiene procedures, treatment of clinical cases, segregation, and culling of known infected cows [29]. The following preventive measures were proved to have a positive result in the management of mastitis in dairy herds: the use of milkers’ gloves, blanket use of dry-cow therapy, washing unclean udders, maintaining cows upright after milking, back-flushing of the milking cluster after milking an animal with clinical mastitis, and application of a treatment protocol [30] Also, to maximize the success of immunization, within 5 days of mastitis vaccines, dairy cows must not receive any other Gram-negative bacterin vaccines (e.g., Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Pasteurella spp., Campylobacter sp., and Moraxella bovis) [27].
\nTo evaluate the effects of mastitis vaccines in dairy cows, the following monitoring parameters are most commonly used:
Clinical and subclinical mastitis incidence and severity
Somatic cell count
Serum and/or milk immunoglobulin G concentrations
Milk bacterial culture or Staphylococcus aureus count in milk
Milk production
Cure or cull rate [29]
Newly acquired dairy herd bulls should be 30–60 days in prophylactic quarantine and tested with negative results for persistent BVDV infection, brucellosis, and tuberculosis. Recommended vaccination schedule for dairy herd bulls is an annual vaccination at the breeding soundness examination with IBR/PI3/BVD killed vaccine, five-way leptospirosis bacterin, and vibriosis bacterin [27].
\nIf there are animal species other than cattle, then the vaccination actions must take into account for these species as well. Farm dogs and cats should be vaccinated at least against rabies to protect humans and other animals [14].
\nAntibiotic overuse can be reduced by using a proper mixture of natural antibacterial peptides, biological response modifiers, prebiotics, probiotics, and correct development of the gut microbiome [31].
\nThe limited use of bacterial culture and sensitivity testing by veterinarians are other causes of the persistence of the multidrug resistance (MDR) isolates in dairy farms. The findings of the last decades highlight the necessity of using antimicrobial susceptibility testing each time before prescribing an antibiotic [32].
\nTo reduce the risk of pathogens spreading in farm animals, dead animals should be disposed of in the shortest time. Depending on the national regulations and farm’s possibilities, the disposal of carcasses can be done by a licensed dead stock collector, burial, or composting [14].
\nStudies designed to investigate what motivates and withholds farmers to implement biosecurity measures placed the carcass storage away from the stables on the second rank for feasibility, but with a lower score for efficacy [33].
\nRendering trucks have a particular risk for farm biosecurity because they are at high risk for carrying animals killed by infectious diseases [26]. To prevent farm contamination, mortality pick-up should be located away from the stable and feed storage bin and silo [34].
\nThe biosecurity of feed and water must start from the source, respectively, from the fields where crops are grown and from the water capture source. Manure used as a natural fertilizer can contaminate the soil, crop, and water used for irrigation and groundwater sources [2]. The quality and potability of water should be tested regularly, and samples from each feedstuff batch or lot should be stored for possible laboratory analyses (e.g., bacteria, toxins, molds, and mycotoxins) until that batch is consumed without incidents [2, 10].
\nTo reduce the risk of the diseases being introduced by contaminated feed, the dairy producer should record and monitor the manure application on its pastures and fields cultivated with feedstuffs [2]. The risk of a feed-related disease outbreak is increased when feedstuffs are purchased from multiple locations or the crops were fertilized with manure from other dairy farms [2, 10].
\nTo prevent feedstuffs to be contaminated through fecal material and urine from rodents, birds, dogs, cats, and any wildlife, dairy farmers should design food storage areas in a way to be inaccessible (e.g., opened bags can be placed into containers with tight lids; barns can have welded wire fence) [2, 14].
\nThe biosecurity plan of the dairy farm should include the frequency of storage areas cleaning, the way of feed bags storage off the floor on pallets, removing and disposing of the not consumed feed within 24 hours, rotation of feed inventory for the purpose to reduce the possible presence of detrimental organisms or toxins in stored feeds, and periodically checking of silos, bins, and bunks to detect and remove as soon as possible moldy or spoiled feedstuff [14].
\nAlthough not recommended, some cattle herds are still using surface water (e.g., lakes, ponds, and rivers) as a water source. Drinking water can be contaminated by animal carcasses (e.g., dead wild animals), manure from other livestock, bird droppings, urine and feces of wildlife, and human waste [2, 10, 14]. Water biosecurity programs should include several measures designed to prevent contamination with toxins and infectious agents such as restriction of the birds and wildlife access to farm water sources, filtration and chemical sterilization of water, and regular testing of water quality and potability [2]. Waterers should be cleaned once a week [14].
\nIn dairy farms, manure is the most problematic waste and should be treated as a biological risk material because it has a huge bacterial load [2]. Manure should be stored in an area inaccessible to cattle [14]. Contact with manure from infected cattle is the main means of spread for rotavirus, coronavirus, Escherichia coli, Salmonellosis, and Johne’s disease to other receptive animals. Manure handling should prevent environmental contamination and should not violate the legislation in force [14].
\nManure is rich in nutrients that could be recycled as fertilizer [35]. However, the use of this natural fertilizer should be done with caution to prevent contamination of crops, pastures, and groundwater sources [2]. Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, Listeria spp., and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis can be killed by the process of manure composting but the process must be controlled before the use of compost in agriculture [2, 36, 37]. In the process of composting should not be used the manure from the hospital pen, where de infectious agents can be in a high concentration. Also, the temperature and microbial activity should be checked to confirm the complete sterilization [2, 14]. Also, manure can be recycled for bedding and to produce methane [2].
\nManure biosecurity programs should include measures to prevent the manure equipment used to handle feed, the environment infestation with files and intestinal parasites (manure must be removed frequently to prevent the pest life cycles completion), manure run-off or transfer from adults to calves, and feed contamination by manure-covered wheels of farm vehicles [14].
\nManure spreaders and slurry handling equipment are high-risk equipment and should be brought to the farm after proper cleaning or disinfection [1].
\nThe manure cleaning of vehicles and equipment must be done in areas specially designed for this purpose, where water or disinfectants would not splash onto feed or into drinking water. Throughout the entire cleaning and disinfection process, the equipment will be inspected visually to dispel any suspicion of cross-contamination [2].
\nThe development and implementation of biosecurity programs in dairy farms improve cattle health, welfare, and productivity. These programs must be monitored and evaluated continuously to identify new methods of control and new effective critical control points and to further improve the program to prevent the introduction and spread of infectious agents on the farm. The biosecurity program should be focused on the decision and adapted to the specific situations of each dairy farm. Many of the problems encountered can be prevented or minimized with the support of veterinary services. Staff and visitors should be trained on biosecurity measures applied on the farm.
\nThe authors declare no conflict of interest.
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