Häsler B, Hiby E, Gilbert W, Obeyesekere N, Bennani H, et al. (2014) A One Health Framework for the Evaluation of Rabies Control Programmes: A Case Study from Colombo City, Sri Lanka. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 8(10): e3270. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003270

Retrospective cost-benefit analysis of rabies and dog control in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 172 dog rabies cases per year during 4 years of culling, compared to 68 cases during the 4 years of humane and comprehensive management centred on sterilisation; these 68 cases were declining over the period to just 2 cases in the final year.